Oh, how funny, I don't know if you ever watch Big Brother. Apparently there's an Australian version. Anyway, in the last one here, they had "America's player" who was there to argue for whatever the majority of Americans voted. And in the house, (they knew nothing of the America's player angle) they got to calling him a Philadelphia lawyer. And, he always won them over. The people who won, did so because he argued to the very end for them. I'd never heard the term till then, so it was fun/amazing that you brought it up. (So see, you brightened my day, too.)

He was by far the most nimble minded of the players.

That certainly seems a lot like you, nimble minded.