My take away from this is the company doesn't have a clue as far as guidance goes and neither do the analysts who want their cake and eat it to.
The days of the long side shareholder for this company are gone and unless it can be used as Ned's little bitch, with flowthrough and other derivatives friendly shareholder dilutive appraoches, it serves no purpose, the game is is over and it's time for a new game.
At what price does his holiness puke up his shares?