Ah, so I hallucinated his name in the development credits of my 4e PHB then. Good to know.
"I wasn't involved initially" does not translate to "I have no basis for this conclusion." Certainly as a member of the design team, he has far more insight to how the sausage was made than you ever could.
Not warring - as I said, its basis on video games is not automatically a negative for me. My issue is with the execution, not the concept. (BTW, I noticed you didn't reply to my Ranger quote from the 3.5 PHB?)