Yes, they'll blame him. It won't make sense for the most part, but it'll still happen. Probably largely things like "it only tomelders had worked with us more

Yes, they'll blame him. It won't make sense for the most part, but it'll still happen. Probably largely things like "it only tomelders had worked with us more instead of being 'difficult', we wouldn't be in this mess", even if the 'mess' is precisely what he was advocating people work on before he left...