Everyone liked the guy and he did good work. But when he talked about a subject, it was impossible for anyone to figure out what he said. He could talk for 45 minutes about an issue, but nobody could figure it out.
He was very intelligent and you knew he was telling you something important. But try as we might, nobody was ever able to figure out what he was talking about.
One day a friend of mine made this simple observation:
"Listening to him is like reading a printout of a fragmented hard disk. You know there is important information contained in it, but it is so scattered, it is impossible to comprehend."