See if this makes any sense. I believe this bowler has the most sanctioned 300's around, across multiple houses, shots, etc. Because of this, I have always thought he was talented, could repeat shots constantly, yadda yadda. But over the course of this league, I have been watching him more and more. Keep in mind that this is a more difficult shot. He is a train wreck. Almost 0 shot repeatability. He just stands left, chucks the ball right. He just has a large margin of area when he has a shot due to speed, revs, and rotation. Is there a difference between good bowlers and bowlers that just create area? Or does the ability to create stupid amounts of area to compensate for a lack of repeatability make you a good bowler because of what the score sheet says?

Two things come in to play with a bowler who hooks the entire lane.  First even if he can repeat shots, the flatter patterns will cause his ball to not consistently find the optimum breakpoint, and hang on him not reaching the pocket on a fresh pattern.  Second, the restricted swing area will cause him to make more and more poor shots as he gets out of his comfort zone. 

If you watch the best pros you will see that the trend has been away from hooking the entire lane.  Rather they match lower axis rotation ( more end over end roll ) with their high rev rate and good ball speed to play straighter without losing carry.