Can parallel processing and competitive inhibition explain the generation of saccades?

The framework of Findlay & Walker's target article provides a first attempt to model the saccadic system at all revels. Their scheme is based on two m ain principles. These are "parallel processing of saccade timing and metric s" and "competitive inhibition through winner-take-all strategies." In our opinion, however, both concepts are in their strictest sense at odds with t he current knowledge of the saccadic system, and need to be refined to make the scheme more relevant.