This is not fair.
Whatever you may think of PJ's candor and style, there are not many people more qualified to critically evaluate claims at the technical/practical interface in pool.
The other person that's avoided the ad hominem attacks and commented on the DVD here is Tin Man. He found value for him, and found the advice worth the cost.
That's interesting to me because he too is a smart and thoughtful guy.
I guarantee if you locked PJ and Tin Man in a room and came back in 24 hours, they'd emerge with a common understanding and at least a not too dissimilar judgment.
The technical part I might agree with, the practical side Im not so sure. I guess it depends on what you consider practical
PJ appears to be a very intelligent person, and when it comes to crunching numbers and physics he could be your man.
But there are also methods that work, and have worked for many players, but when you add X plus Y they dont equal Z. These are things that PJ dismisses, and will argue till the end they dont work, even though they do work for a lot of people.
Some of it is PJ either doesnt have all the information, or is misinterpreting some of the information he has. In those cases he often says "ok, explain it to me" but most of the people that know it wont disclose either because they feel he should have to search it out as they did or they dont want to give up someone elses information.
Im not saying its right or wrong, its just the way it is. I have always said different people learn different ways, and the hard thing to learn when teaching is how to say the same thing differently to get your point across to the different styles of learning. If I were guessing I would say this is why so many have had the need to call Gene, but I think he has taken the time and found the way to help the majority of those that have called.
There are some things the math guys will never except, CTE is one of them, Genes may be another. I am in NO WAY comparing what Gene teaches to CTE! They are totally different. BUT they both have to do with visualization or sighting, and this is an area that is tough to teach in pool. Because people see things differently, so what looks right to me might not be right for you. I think what Gene is trying to get across is to find where is "right" for each player.
As with many new concepts, and I do think what Gene is teaching is new when it is fully understood, it can take a while to find the BEST way to get the point across.
Woody