Clint,
Look, if you want to be condescending, I understand. In an age where everyone--and I mean everyone--pays lip service to buzzwords without truly changing the paradigm, many big name golf clubs are at the heart of the problem. If Merion's super came out and said that the reasons for purchasing these rollers was related to managing turf playability while reducing stress (i.e., mowing/increase in HOC) and turf input, then I'd be all about it. My fear is that their mowing frequencies and inputs won't change a bit, and the rollers are just additional expense and turf impact. Merion will be fine, obviously. But right or wrong, courses follow the lead of the the big dogs.
I'm no expert obviously. But I have seen enough to form a viable opinion. All of these advances exist that are tools in the fight for efficiency. My experience has been that the advances are bought and paid for, without refining practices in other areas. That leads to a culture of more. I don't feel like I am doing the right thing by being impressed by rollers on the fairway, if the rollers aren't being used to reduce mx practices elsewhere.