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Consider this: a quick look at various drum forums will find many drummers who have opted for traditional grip because (in their words) "it looks cool," which I think is a silly reason to adopt any technique.
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Ive switched to taditional grip myself after seeing Steve Gadd play in clinic. I also find it handy that you can sorta "flip over" the trad grip, and do some finger tapping stuff.
On the subject of open-handed playing, I think you'll start to see more drummers doing it, (I think dom famularo recently completely switched to open handed playing) but It probably wont become the "standard." That reminds me, I need to work on my left hand myself.....