I want your input;Bad Chess Coach?

First a little background: I study chess on my own and i've been competing in a few local tournaments. I've had great results so far as long as I stick to my study schedule. Usually my opponents are rated about 1700-2200uscf and my biggest scalp so far is a 2000+ I'm very happy with my progress and usually I am competing for 1st place, but I thought, "Hey, people always say coaches are amazing; I wonder what i'm missing in my own studies!" I've never had a coach before and thought it'd be insightful. I was actually plannining on only taking one lesson and then targeting my weaknesses on my own once they were revealed to me!

The Lesson: First, I don't want to reveal the teacher, he's/she's a nice guy/gal and an extremely strong Grand Master. Well he/she looked at a few of my games and then asked me if I thought I had a weak endgame or if I have an opening repertoire. I told him/her, "well, my opening repertoire is pretty vague with basic ideas, like the QGD exchange variation with the minority attack, etc. Just small plans like that, but no concrete lines." And so it was decided; he would train my openings to help me reach my goal of 2000uscf.

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The "Training": Here comes the strange part: When we went to learn the openings we started with the QGA, I believe, and he simply wanted me to memorize the moves and play them over again as white. It was just like: "Go here,here,here,here,here,here and you're better."

That has literally been my experience every opening he or she has shown me. I have MCO and an opening repertoire book "Chess Openings For White Explained,"that gives me WAY more than that.

I thought perhaps i was going over openings wrong, or maybe i'd receive some insight, but I don't want to pay $70-$90 for wrote memorization! that is outrageous. People kept telling me, maybe it's like Mr.Miyagi and it's better than I realize and right now I'm just waxing on and off, but I don't think that is the case anymore. He gives me some puzzles to do, but heck, I have better puzzle books in my house too! 

Conclusion: I'd like to make it clear, that I am not stuck in my rating, I have no rating woes, I have no problems, I simply thought that a coach would give me insight that I don't currently have and I'd learn a lot or SOMETHING, but, it seems that it was simply a waste of time and money. What do you thin kabout this? is this normal? Am I being dramatic? is this the norm for opening studies?? Right now I'm in the 1800's and I'm aiming for 2000; is simple opening memorization all that's required? or is my coach out of touch with my level?

Please respond with your feedback I'm very interested to hear everybody's thoughts on the matter. Thanks!

Weird- sounds like your coach is doing the exact opposite to the standard advice. Did they look at your games prior to your lesson or during your lesson?

Was this face-to-face coaching or via Skype ? Did you find the coach on chess.com?

I can't imagine why you'd pay someone to read you database lines. Doesn't matter how strong they are.

Just because someone has some letters before his name does not mean that he knows how to teach. Find a different coach, if you really think you need one.

He looked at my games in the first lesson then after I offered the information about my openings being vague he decided openings should be studied.  It's via skype and no I went to their personal website. 

This is where your problem occurred.  If you were doing fine on your own and advancing your game over time, why did you second guess your own success and knock yourself off course? ;)

Seems wrong that they didn't look at your games in advance, and make up their own mind in advance what your weaknesses were.

Are they an experienced coach?

Just my 2 cents:

You are quite an advanced student, so i guess any coach would need some time figure out your weakness to be able to point them to you. That said, if your opening repertoire its really your biggest flaw, then you had a good enough answer. Study those ( by yourself, without wasting more money) and you should be better. Maybe this guy/lad its not good ine xplanation, but still could have found a weakness in your games.

If that's not the case, probably this guy/lad was just too superficial. Try with another coach, and see how the feeling is. Be aware that nobody can "out of blue" give you the magic formula, but from the first lessons your should try to understand if you feel that this coach could help you or not. In your experience you had a very bad feeling, and IMHO this is enought to look for a different one.

Mr.Miyagi and waxing on, waxing off! Hahahaha. That was from a long time ago. 

I think you found a coach that isn't what you need. Do you personally know any GM's or IM's in your area? I think the best way is to actually meet them in person & get to talk them after you've heard them discuss others positions & games. Like if you're at a club & they're talking about a game do they just say well this move is better or do they often give a reason why it's better. An example of what I'm describing is Yasser Seirawan. He fully explains why this or that happens in very easy to understand language. He doesn't just say oh this, this, & that is the best way & just leave it there. You can get an engine to tell you all that. If you can't meet them in person look at some of their annotated games. You can see how well they explain IDEAS from those. Then contact them after you've found the right one.

I have never understood what value a coach could bring to an amateur adult who is willing to read and study on their own.

The usual answer to this is that they can see your weaknesses so that they can point you in the right direction with your own study

The right coach can help a lot