FWIW I reckon Belinda and Rachel are both excellent performers. Questions surrounding arrivals and departures are inevitable and the 'press release' after Belinda left could have been handled better, IMO. Things like that make it seem like the Winterset is a vehicle for Rachel's voice and persona rather than a band.
I doubt very much whether anyone involved gives a flying one what people on a folk message board think, that isn't their bag. Is it?