Well yea, they’re only good ideas when they’re our ideas!Just to recap.
He is supporting the BITOG'er consensus about no risk of going thicker and the BITOG response is to be mad about it.

Story time;
I say I want to put a metal roof on the house my wife says “No! That’s stupid! Why would you do that!”
One week later the wife says: “I think we should put a metal roof on the house.”
Moral of the story;
People are only happy when it’s their idea.