You may be right but I think you are giving Scott credit for knowing more than he did.
I believe he thought Sept 30th was enough time for the Chinese to close the deal with what he knew at the time. When the travel delays supposedly occurred he may have been under the impression that the Chinese would still be closing before the end of exclusivity.
I think the fact the Chinese didn't was as much of a surprise to Scott as anyone.
The question now is where do things stand now? Still up in the air or committed?
You are trying to paint Scott as dishonest when there is too much evidence to the contrary.
I'll give you he hasn't handled things as well as they could have been but it is more a lack of concern about the share price or being out of touch more than anything else IMHO.
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