His legitimate goal is to improve the fundamentals (which have not declined 50%). To ask him to put on a suit and glad-hand the Street is to expect him to groom

His legitimate goal is to improve the fundamentals (which have not declined 50%). To ask him to put on a suit and glad-hand the Street is to expect him to groom greater fools for the speculators who want to fold after just one quarter. Not only should he not waste his time on this type of investor relations (surely there are minions for that), neither should investors pay attention to it.