To me this looks like a smart move on Tim's behalf, because if layoffs are coming, he will say "hey, I did my part and still things did not work they way we exp

To me this looks like a smart move on Tim's behalf, because if layoffs are coming, he will say "hey, I did my part and still things did not work they way we expected to; so please accept my sincere apologies in advance, but we need to layoff some teams...I hope you understand!" I could be wrong, but it has some form of logic in it...