It seems to me that the consensus is that for most days, "good enough" is just that. One of our guys has an especially coarse beard and only shaves WTG, since shaving ATG seems to cause ingrown hairs on certain parts of his face. When he does decide to risk it and go for BBS, he'll spend an extra 20-30 minutes hydrating and softening the beard before shaving, and then really take his time during the shave, being hyper-vigilant to only shave where there is lather. Even for him, BBS is possible, it just takes time.

Different parts of the face sometimes shave better with different blade angles, so play around with that a little bit (while accepting that this might cause more irritation than usual for a shave or two).

In short: it's possible, but it takes patience.