While Pat has made a number of posts I disagree with, (like almost all of his NPR posts), he has also put up a ton of posts beneficial to pool players. The trick is, you actually have to read them to learn anything from them. From your posts, and a number of recent posts on here, it's obvious that a LOT of people use this forum for a type of facebook thing, instead of for what it actually is. If people would take the time to actually read posts, and then practice what they read, they would learn a lot on here.
How's that saying go... You can lead an ass to water, (or a donkey, or a horse or something) but you can't make him drink.
You can't complain about being thirsty when you don't care to take a drink now and then.