I have also been here 18 years. I actually agree with you on most counts. I believe any hope we had with the IP left with P Thorpe' death as he was the only one who cared about the IP being successful. The other clowns only cared about sucking the money out of the company.
Unfortunately, I believe Stafford is either more of the same with a different process of taking the money. The only question I have about him is how is he going to suck the money out.