You've been here long enough to realize that the Big Money Guys are all scarred by the 70s, 80s, and 90s. I don't think there's a one of them that doesn't realize that things are slipping, and that they have been slipping for a while. GMFP can gladhand, and reassure them that we're thisclose to being there, but we just need a little time, grow em up, etc. That wears thin after you've heard it for three years running.
These Big Money Guys didn't get Big Money by being patsies: They made hard decisions. Worked like hell. And they did so in a tough-assed world. When they come to the determination that this is The End with GMFP, we'll know. And so will he. And I believe that time is swiftly approaching.