Personally I think php-nuke is extremely large and bloated. Designing your own cms is a lot simpler and you can acually understand whats going on.

However, I have no problem with a team using a nuke template because some users might not have the knowledge to do so. We're all forgetting that the thing that makes a FIRST site competitive is the content, rather than its design. Besides, the 3 column layout looks professional and is easy to use.