Both agree on...
The rear leg controlling the move forward.
The swing shifting the weight to the front side (differences on where the weight is at launch).
Getting the barrel on plane early.
Yeah. But not really. I think everyone agrees the final shift, shifts the weight to the frontside. TM says the entire shift is the swing. Much much different.Latta has his players shift to the middle before swinging and finishing their shift.
Latta believes in getting the hands on plane early. Not the barrel. Another big difference.
They both like to keep the back leg/hip relationship intact until launch. Again I think most agree on that. How they both achieve that is another big difference.
Definitely differences between them. I don't find them as polar-opposite as you do, apparently.
I like a lot of what Latta has to say, for sure. It's interesting, though. When I watch the swing of his poster-boy, Justin Turner, through the words of Latta, I see what Latta is talking about. When I watch JT through the words of TM, I see what TM is talking about.