I think the BAM variants are rather basic trajectory models; we may be seeing less of them because NOAA recently started using new supercomputers which allow more complex modeling.
Agree—the “green” BAM models were not reliable. This storm has brought out a lot of folks who usually could care less about hurricanes, and one happened to ask the question about BAM. Same person would get a kick out of ALL CAPS NHC Discussions by FORECASTER BEVIN.