H'm, not sure where that came from, must have been a misunderstanding.
I have several issues with 9x9 ranks. One is that very few people would
care about them, so it would be a fair amount of work for very little
return. Another is the slippery slope problem - other people want
separate blitz ranks, or rengo ranks, or whatever. Another is the
complexity this adds to the GUI, potentially causing trouble for users
(who wants to see "wms [3k; 5k 9x9; 2k blitz]" in the user list? And
lastly, I have put a lot of work into examining my data set to find a
statistical model for 19x19 that will properly estimate the handicap
stones needed based on past game history - I don't have enough data,
enough time, or enough interest to do the same for 9x9.