Who disagrees with DIR and why?

[LKunze]

See, this is the kind of thing that contributes to the bad image of DIR.  Will, you clearly do not like DIR and that's fine but offer something constructive here like the thread was intended to do.  What you are doing contributes to flame wars. Give some specifics of things you do not like about the DIR system.  Don't be judgemental on whether you think someone is DIR or not when you clearly are not a DIR diver.  I'm not ripping you here but I just don't understand your negativity without your offering some details.  If someone  passes the DIR fundamentals class and has the skills down, operates within the DIR framework then I disagree with you, I think they CAN be a DIR diver.  DIR diving is NOT just for tech diving, it carries over to all diving...even recreational diving.  You don't need to be certified to Tech 1 or full cave to be a DIR diver.  In terms of the gear, I've seen a lot of local divers specifically several customers of SD&T that dive a backplate/wing and long hose setup that are not DIR divers and have no interest in being a DIR diver.  Many of whom I have done dives with and found them to be pretty darn good divers.  Some people and I'm not pointing at you Will, but some people have such a hatred for DIR because of a few morons on the internet or whatever, that the minute they see someone in a DIR-esque gear configuration, I wonder if they start assuming that said divers are snobs or "think they are on the team" which I think is very untrue in most cases.