I agree with most of your post, but hope you are wrong of this point

<So why was RG fired? My personal opinion was to create a scapegoat for the BOD>

Gads, if the BOD is firing all these people for no reason, then we should expect to see multiple lawsuits quite soon, don't you think?

I thought it sounded like RG is at least willing to negotiate the terms of his exit, which puts a different spin on it, at least for me.

Opty