Dude,
I am not sure what you mean - do you believe that the Logic involved for MS Geometry really needs a full year to sink in for a 7/8th grade? I will admit that my memory of learning this is growing increasingly dim as I am now 51 and we learned it back then right after Arithmetic at about 8 or so but it seemed very intuitive if not obvious to me as a kid as I remember.
It seemed very intuitive to me, too, but that's all quite individual. I remember a lot of my mathy friends who hated Geometry, and the proofs were their primary reason. Geometry wasn't even accessible to students on the mathematical fast track in my days until 9th grade. Some form of Geometry has been pushed into my DD's math in grades 3 and up, but the logic piece is missing.
It's not that it needs a whole year, but it does merit a deep-dive that can be accomplished in a regular classroom, with frequent returns to proofs as new postulates and theorems are introduced, plus lots of give-and-take from a qualified instructor throughout.
It sounds like some of the parents here are happy with how AOPs has solved that problem, though.
