i did a search for cannon on dan's blog and couldn't find the reference you are referring to. regardless, i have no idea about the inner workings of their ski school, but from the perspective of a cannon regular, i have noticed a significant improvement and overhaul of their snow sports learning center over the past few years. in regards to terrain, cannon did allow half grooms on the front face after brutally grooming most of it for a few years. blue square bumps on both gary's and rocket. not the best to learn on, but there you have it. certainly more room for improvement
here's an idea, they have a race course and a park right next to each other. they could also seed some bump lines inbetween the two or on the side of the race course. they could use the starting gate for bumps as well as nastar racing by seeding a few lanes down skiers right of the race course trail. that is a nice pitch to learn on and is serviced by the triple and what not. certainly out of the way too and would go a long way in appeasing the bump lovers of cannon.
any ways, bumps are great. but they are only one tool in the all mountain skier's arsenal of technique

good to see the bumps getting some attention with a book and a movement to educate people. i think if more people wanted to learn bumps, we'd see more lines so here's to dan's success!