I think what Thy is trying to put across in his typically delicate manner, is that definitive judgements on people's intelligence, based on a situation many people dread (public speaking), on a sample size of one, are perhaps a little premature.
Particularly when given by men and women who dedicate much of their time watching other men and women run around in matching uniforms, in the hope they can kick an irregularly shaped piece of leather with greater frequency and accuracy than the opposition...in an internet forum...during the offseason.
I'd agree with him incidentally.
Met Mitch on Friday. Seemed a warm, young guy with a friendly disposition