“The only debate can be halachic.”
Says you. But if someone’s understanding of the mesechta can be shredded without much effort, I wouldn’t care much for their version of halacha.
For the record, there was endless discussions with Rav Tuvya and his most notable peers when he was younger. When he was older they left him alone.
A notable exception was Rav Shmuel Birnbaum who was close with him throughout. And may have agreed with him.