You are making plenty of assumptions. But let's entertain what you said is true. What if this is a recent regression that even his people (c-level, vp level e

You are making plenty of assumptions. But let's entertain what you said is true. What if this is a recent regression that even his people (c-level, vp level etc) is trying to solve recently? Assuming CEO has visibility into every macro thing(who decides what is macro?) at any given point in time is not fair, especially these days when there is so much economic volatility to be honest, which impacts his company more than many others. He doesn't get a pass because he is the CEO. I believe him to be a decent humble person, that will make a honest attempt to address this specific problem and at large. That's all.