As someone who worked for Dr. Frank, I found that one segment of this article is incorrect, per the below quote:

"...Things have changed since Neil Frank's era," said Chris Landsea, the center's science and operations officer. "I would agree with him that we're naming more now than we did then. But I would also argue we're naming them correctly. We just have more tools to do it correctly."

Among those tools: geostationary and polar orbiting satellites, which, in addition to providing detailed imagery, allow forecasters to pinpoint the strongest tropical-force winds as well the temperatures in the atmosphere around them, he said...."

Either the reporter misquoted (or wrote around what was said), or, Dr. Chris Landsea must think Dr. Frank was at the NHC back in the 1950's - in fact, he was NHC Director from 1974 until mid-1987 - and had full use of Geostationary satellites for a number of years.

In fact, more advanced means of satellite interpretation (such as McIdas) were already being used well before Neil Frank retired, so, the above statement is incorrect...

My own humble guess - I do believe storms are being named too quickly, if nothing else - the old way of "waiting for a forecast cycle or two" just to make sure the system was developing, versus a misleading short burst of activity, seems to make more sense, and, helps to ensure that what the forecaster is naming is actually going to be a viable storm, and, not just a very short lived system - considering several systems this year seemed to have a shelf life of less than one forecast cycle, the thought of waiting to make sure seems to make sense...

And, that does not mean that anyone would be endangered by not quickly naming a system over the open ocean, since the High Seas and Aviation forecasts constantly issue updated forecasts or SIGMETS for developing tropical disturbances, so, to wait a cycle or two (6-12 hours before naming) would still be a reasonable option, as it was in decades past...

Perhaps, as is the case with many news items in today's world, the media (and the public they serve) is often too eager to receive "the latest" information, before waiting too see if the information being reported is accurate, or, is just a mirage, and, as a result, organizations such as the NHC are feeling the pressure to respond by upgrading a tropical disturbance or depression, before feeling completely confident that the advisory they are issuing is an advisory that represents what is actually taking place...