2018. "Help" 2018 "Terrible mistake" 2019 Three alive in the info arm Allowing us to go into pink sheets twice. Etc.
It is not uncommon for actions/words to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I am not mentioning anything not readily observed by others.
One plausible explanation is the attempt to place the opening bids at a more reasonable starting point immediately after potentially successful results come in.