Yes.
In post 472, Nazarene wrote:
What reasons do you have for voting EF given that posts 448 ff. seem to suggest an associative tell between them; or should I take the vote as an accusation that EF is whiteknighting the SB slot?
The latter. Eddie came out strongly with a Sonic townread only when the slot was placed at L-1. I don't find that to be a coincidence, hence my exploration into the basis of his read.