Do you get the impression that some people would rather he failed in order to have more ammunition against the current board?
I mean, "the board" for all it means could be made up of Peter Sutcliffe and Jade Goody for all I cared. If it suddenly stopped being bad and suddenly became good I for one haven't got the time to sit and berate them for their historic mistakes.
They have made a change and time will tell if it works, not a nerd on a forum making pessimistic posts.