For every horse trainer and teacher there is a group of haters who think they can do nothing right, and a group of fans who think they can do nothing wrong. Both groups are wrong.
Words like NEVER or ALWAYS don’t belong in a treatise on riding or training. Guidance is one thing, but unbreakable rules have no place in riding or horsemanship.
The onus is on us to gain the knowledge to critically evaluate which expert is best for our horses. We can’t entirely surrender our horse’s welfare to strangers who only have a narrow view of the bigger picture. The responsibility is ours.