Yes from what the Leigh supporter said, he sounds like he is very good at the job, which is the main thing.
I guess they decided to use the 'former legend returns' as a bit of a marketing stunt. It doesn't really harm to point out the whole 'bootroom' thing that the T&A has got going today.
FWIW I thought Parker was a decent enough hard-working prop who was fortunate or unfortunate enough (depending on how you view it) to be playing for us when we had awesome props. Put him in today's team (at his peak) and he'd probably stand out!