In regards to Rich. Kudos to him. If Judge is happy with the results, more power to him. As far as your argument for Rich, I understand, and that's fine. But I could utilize the same argument for Bobby Tewksbary (Josh Donaldson) or Craig Wallenbrock (JD Martinez) or many others out there. Is Rich having success? Sure. But so do others. I realize that some will twist my comments to be an anti-Rich theme, but the truth is I really don't care about all that 'camp' stuff. Never have. Never will. I will leave the 'camp' stuff to others...
Am I nuts for thinking we should be looking for what all those instructors have in common, not how they differ, to figure out what really should be taught? Seems logical that whatever they're teaching that's the same is probably good stuff to teach. The differences may be a matter of style, semantics, or one may actually be better than the others, but let's look at what they all teach (not just clips of the hitters, but what they're being taught -- and then I guess we should check to make sure they're actually doing what they're taught in live swings).