Hi Nephilim, I see by your "just stating the facts" you are still struggling with the intricies of translating the spoken word into the written where the loss of cadence make blunt statements even blunter and potentailly offensive. If your are serious then saying things like I didn't intend any disrespect really doesn't cut it, taking extra care in the first place to how statments are couched, does. Preview post is a useful tool.
Sandy, as to your question, I know that you know the answer. My take on it is that anyone can train in Muay Thai but not everyone can fight or teach Muay Thai. And being a former fighter does not automatically make a Coach/Trainer. A good sport coach can cross from one sport or code to another and still coach well . They don't need to have played at a high level themselves and even not even played at all. Must have the passion and the brain for the particular sport to be able to analise techniques and tactics then be able to pass them onto other. We all came from another sport, be it TKD, boxing, table tennis or water polo. The more simular the sports then more the need to ensure you get rid of old habits that don't match the new sport. So just because someone did another fight style before means little, It's how they adapt their style that does.
I have a number of non fighters training for fun, fitness or maybe so thay can tell their mates they train in Muay Thai or Kickboxing. I let them know that fighters come first in our trainings, if someone is targeting a fight event then that is our focus and as a club our job is to get behind that fighter/s to help them. Without competitive fighters then we are just another fitness class. We need fighters be be able to call ourseives a fight club.