So it's horseshit because it "seems like horseshit" to you? In fact, coordinate transformations are at the heart of the modern conception of classical mechanic

So it's horseshit because it "seems like horseshit" to you? In fact, coordinate transformations are at the heart of the modern conception of classical mechanics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_mechanics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_mechanics