Exactly, your honor! The very existence of his statement causes a contradiction in it: this thread is obviously alive! Take that!
This thread makes be grumble because I thought up this idea years ago! But instead of whining I will discuss things.
The issue with this type of team is always the luck: for every non-phaze move you have the chance of getting a phaze move from assist decreases. You also need at least two non-phase moves: stealth rock and a way to kill the last Pokemon. Even if your way to kill the last pokemon is not assist-clickable, you've still removed a percentage or two from your "accuracy" thanks to stealth rock and probably spikes. This is the primary issue, not mentioning things that will screw you to no end like taunt leads and scizor.
We've already established this, if only roundaboutly. But what this unfortunately means is that this thread's trolls are right: this strategy is but a gimmic. We could go for ages doing silly things like scizor lures with counter and it will be great fun, but from a competitive standpoint it will be little more. Don't get too into it.
That all said, I say that being little more then a lot of fun is more than enough, so let's give slap a focus sash on Rhyperior and give him counter!