Jeff and Gavin are fake developers. Luke Jr. is real. Check.
You obviously don't understand what was meant by "real". I still stand by my statement. Both have had contributions to Bitcoin, but they are not as big as you think (especially lacking in lately (some time prior to Classic)). Gavin would be better off being a speak such as Antonopoulos. Besides, Garzik doesn't even agree with the grace period introduced in BIP109 at all (said 3-6 months should be a minimum) yet Gavin ignored him completely on that one.
I'm not any happier about the prospect of a contentious hard frok than you are. But P2P Settlement Layer just doesn't have the same ring to it. Popular opinion is that Core has lost the plot.