You may not think its necessary and that is fine. There are certainly people who happen to be good at different things but, I am just saying that I personally would not take advice from an out of work plumber who is collecting unemployment on a stock.
Define kicking ass? He certainly isn't making more money then us nor does he get more traffic then us. All he is doing is trying to replicate anything and everything I ever told him to do even though he never listened to me while he was here. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Except for the link whoring all over the net, I never told him to do that... its just gross IMHO