I see what you’re saying, but I’m not sure I agree (yet) in this case. The money, the sales, the sellers, the customers, the longevity were all there. But it seems like a personal issue with/between the founders sent the train off the tracks. Their decision to leave day-to-day might not have even been voluntary (and perhaps even part of the divorce settlement) and not due to concerns with the business but between themselves–we just don’t know.
A lot of this is unconfirmed information plus speculation, but there’s simultaneously enough and not enough here for me personally to not be ready to conclude that the business itself was the problem and not simply the people at the top.
As always, two things can certainly be true at the same time, and most situations are indeed more complex than black and white, or A caused B.
I’m definitely interested to see what more comes out.