We were talking about a starting point. I'm saying maybe the edges could be knocked off in some kind of orderly way so that the company-wide message he ultimate

We were talking about a starting point. I'm saying maybe the edges could be knocked off in some kind of orderly way so that the company-wide message he ultimate sent might not have blown up in his face so badly. He clearly thought he was doing fine, but now he's getting all his feedback all at once and has lost his job. So just maybe a little pre-consultation about how to approach this topic (without accidentally implying things that lead to headlines and firings) would have benefited the actual goal of moving debate forward.