Just one trend? I'm guessing that one could come up with a handful of trends.
My first thought was that Patrick had nothing in particular in mind, and was offering a November exercise in drumming up consistencies when none was apparent. I then decided that he wouldn't waste his time without having some specific trend in mind.
Having played none of the above, and walked only one of them, I cannot venture a guess. What I've read so far seems pretty good to me. I especially like the variety of par threes, as that is one of the characteristics of a course that attracts me. Give me a shortie, a mid-short, a mid-long and a long (or better yet, 5 3s, 5 5s and 8 4s) and I'm a pig in mud.
I look forward to the revelation of the trend that no longer trends.