I don't think anything you said disagreed with me. I agree giving more time could've resulted in a good outcome. But he didn't do it in the time he was given an

I don't think anything you said disagreed with me. I agree giving more time could've resulted in a good outcome. But he didn't do it in the time he was given and they didn't want to give him more time. It's just what it is. My point is that without more information it is hard to know if it'd have worked out. It's very appealing for an engineer as myself to root for an engineer CEO that comes back and turns it around, I know it's a story that everyone would love, that's why when the defence is only that, I suspect that people may just be romanticizing the situation the same way I would / do. I'm also not sure someone saying "I need X time" means the board needs to treat this as some holy proclamation. A lot of the CEO job is also convincing the board and the markets that the change is coming and at 3.5 out of 5 years I guess the board still wasn't convinced and the markets certainly don't seem to be pricing in a turnaround.