Yes.
He was a great analog designer but he had a bias against Spice.
He also though his old VW beetle was the cat's meow.

Spice is only as good as the models it works with.
If all you "Us's" at TI build accurate models for your devices, then Spice will give you accurate results.

It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools.

Just to follow up and clarify my earlier comments, I agree with you that spice can model and predict a remarkable array of problems and solutions - I think I used the words "can't" and "won't" in several places where I shouldn't have.

Spice can do amazing things, but it's easy for people to fall into the trap of modeling the simplest ideal version of a circuit, with perfect parts and no external noise, and thinking they're done.

So, if you're thoughtful in your use of spice it's amazing, but if you expect it to lead the way and fix your mistakes for you, you're in trouble.

 

Mods have just removed an obscene image posted by the OP ... good job... I think we're being trolled

 

No question that you have diagnosed the problem correctly.