There's one note of hilarity in here that I'm surprised no one has picked up
on...

I think it's probably a safe bet that most of the ardent advocates of
tailwheel training drive cars and trucks with automatic transmissions. Even
though a manual transmission teaches you more about power management,
traction control, and stuff like that than an automatic would. (Of course,
you could also learn all of that stuff from "Dukes Of Hazard" reruns.)

But from what I've read on this thread, I think tailwheel training probably
falls into the same category as does a lot of the other training I see
discussed he it's not going to hurt you, but it may not be totally
necessary.