I’m empathetic for your feeling of loss, but I did try to tell you what my ‘insider’ was saying so you wouldn’t have such high expectations.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956496/posts
I have no ill feelings for Mr. Thompson. It just wasn’t his time.
It never is. You have to MAKE it so. Fred succeded only in proving right all those who said he really didn't want the job, had no 'fire in the belly', etc.
In my opinion, for what its worth, the job was still Fred's to lose on the day he quit.