I hope it's not true about Webb.
And on Raimi, I love his Evil Dead films. I think he is a talented film maker. BUT, IMO, his spidey films are just, overall, average. With great bits in them.
I'd love to know who came up with the idea for sandman killing Ben? Who's idea was it of Ock to have tentacles that talked to him? Who's idea was it for that 'dance' scene in SM-3? Or the 'rain drops' scene? Who's idea was it for Gwen and MJ to be basically one characeter (and a poor one too IMO) and then bring in a poorly done cameo of someone who looks like Gwen? Who's idea was it to have spidey ALWAYS rescue MJ at the end of every film? Who's idea was it for to have some of the most boring scenes between Pete and MJ?
TASM may not have been perfect. Anyone can see it does have issues. BUT, in terms of tone, how they dealt with the characters, the emotion that it had, for me, it more than validated Webbs return to the chair