I don’t believe that for a second either.
I saw DVH at the 1997 NSCA football conference in Orlando. During his talk he was standing in front of the crowd with a huge video screen behind him. On the screen was footage playing with his guys at FSU training in the weight room.
He goes on to say how important the teaching and insistence of proper technique is to training his team etc. Meanwhile, the footage behind him shows guys with horrible technique on various exercises including bench presses bounced off chests with butts 6-8 inches off of the bench. I saw a lot of strength coaches looking at each other, with some saying “WTF”. I also heard comments like “he can’t be serious” half-expecting that he was going to reveal a punchline considering the content of his talk and improper technique displayed by his guys. He never mentioned it at all. It was then I realized that this guy gets the cream of the crop in terms of talent to work with and can train them in about any fashion (not exactly but probably not far off either) and they will still be successful.
While what I witnessed might not be an indictment of the overall program, his talk combined with that video was ridiculous.