So, you're aware of this but a senior Lockheed Martin/USAF test pilot with previous operational experience of the F-15E Strike Eagle isn't?
I have no idea what he knows about the zero and its development. And its pointless anyway. He was used to flying an air superiority fighter and anything with less than that kind of maneuverability is just simply wimpy. But the F-35 is not nor was it ever meant to be an air superiority fighter.
If an A-7 jock had written disparagingly of the F-35 turn performance, then you might want to take notice. Might.