"Not my theory, just a theory that I alone have expounded on!" Your Deepthroat shtick is getting a little tiresome. Also, happenstance, by its very definition can be dismissed.
Your Bill Phillips angle, while I suppose technically possible, is absolutely ludicrous. Do you really think that a company that has no interest in cost-containment launching a new line targeting an older, higher-income demographic is less plausible than a highly respected industry figure conspiring to serve as the proxy for the soon-to-be-arrested CEO of a company that he has no previous connection to?