Ollie man, you are right again. I just went and took a look. About one in fifteen threads were questions about CG. It could be that the "new" guys just don't look around a little to see if their question has been asked.
And just because someone flys pattern or those big 3D's does'nt mean they have that much experience. I see a lot of new guys flock right to that stuff.
I have also seen the "academia inclined" do some real bone head stuff that absolutely shocked the rest of us.
It just keeps going around and around.