That's a lot more experience than a lot of directors had when they started. Spielberg only made low budget movies, mostly for himself, and was tossed aside for that very reason. Lucky us he kept trying!

As Soldierone already said. Experience is experience period. David Fincher started by doing music videos before becoming the director we know him as now. It's about skill in your craft, not about how long your resume' is. By that logic all new directors who wanna make the jump are awful.

I know you're just skeptical, but you should be a bit more positive!

As for the article, doesn't really feel like WB is trying to be shape DC like Disney shaped Marvel. They are leading up to a JL set up but going about it completely different. The only thing both have in common is that that they are superhero team ups that go way back. You literally have boil the theme down to the very basics. That would be like accusing every mobster movie of be copying The Godfather. It's really to early to know wether the DCU will fail, all these doom & gloom articles really grasp at straws.