I've spent the last month painstakingly unlearning everything I thought I knew about the Back Squat and it's finally starting to show improvement - thanks to the wonderful folks around here who've provided priceless advice. In fact the last month or so of training for me have been the most productive in a long time and I've seen the light, so to speak. But the only way i'm getting the same out of SSBT is through something cathartic like setting fire to the book - but if you can think of something more creative let me know - i'll make a video of it too.

Yes!

No! Do you like it (SSBT or...) as a staff, record label or as a mother fucking crew?

Less is more. Like Wendler's 5/3/1 - half a page on squat technique. He gives the gyst of it and leaves it to you to find the right form - an approach which has a lot of merit. He doesn't preach the author's pet theories on technique (which are sometimes very much at odds with other respected coaches). I'd have loved 5/3/1 instead of SS. I've read a few training manuals since SS like McRoberts' Brawn and Pavel's Beyond Bodybuilding. I like how Pavel gives you a few tips and suggestions and leaves it to you to experiment and find the right form for the given individual. This approach is sound since it doesn't force shoe-horning an abstract text-book form onto a individual who might not be suited for it.

Rippetoe thinks his way works for EVERYONE - which is problematic. I remember watching the video of one of his lifters and someone pointed out in the Q&A how the lifters toes were pointed out (a lot or or less, i can't remember exactly) - and he said "that's what coaching is about - making adjustments for the individual". Of course he doesn't stress that in the books which gives the impression there is only one way to squat (as per SSBT) correctly.