Not flack necessarily, but with the assumption that everyone wants to get good, fast.

I went the route of a few rounds without a lesson, then got my clubs regripped (and got a lesson thrown in), then spent a couple dozen rounds without a serious lesson. The game became much more fun for me once I took a serious lesson and suddenly had a 'golf swing', or at least, more of a golf swing than before (and certainly no longer a baseball swing).

This is why I advocate lessons early - before you're trying to fight too many ingrained bad habits!