Hehe - to actually answer the question, though, the method you are describing might work with enough good planning behind it. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound li

Hehe - to actually answer the question, though, the method you are describing might work with enough good planning behind it. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like your lead dev is willing to do that. You will probably find that the amount of work required to fix the existing system is within a stone's throw of the work required to rewrite it. I wouldn't call your described plan a "good" way of doing things, necessarily.