I saw that post just after I made my post. It actually helped to some extent and is handy template to have. It didn't completely solve my problem but I did see some improvement. I have an overall speed issue in that anything in the WCM site loads slower than anything else on the server (which also is seeming a bit slow), there seems to be some overhead. I think it might be a database issue. I made a post in another thread on the boards here about maximum groups and user accounts.
BTW, in my opinion I think it would be beneficial if this raw template was included in the WCM package out of the box. It is pretty easy to create but I think it would be helpful to new users to include it with the other default templates. Any chance of including it in future relases?