My favorite low-probability theory is that he had blackmail material on one of the board members[1], who initially decided after much deliberation to go forwards despite the blackmail, and then when they realized they got outplayed by Sam not using the blackmail material, backpeddled and refused to dox themselves. And the other 2-3 didn’t know what to do afterwards, because their entire strategy was predicated on optics management around said blackmail + blackmail material.
My favorite low-probability theory is that he had blackmail material on one of the board members[1], who initially decided after much deliberation to go forwards despite the blackmail, and then when they realized they got outplayed by Sam not using the blackmail material, backpeddled and refused to dox themselves. And the other 2-3 didn’t know what to do afterwards, because their entire strategy was predicated on optics management around said blackmail + blackmail material.
Like something actually really bad.