From what I understand, they executed a risky maneuver, lost, tried to salvage what they could from the wreckage (by pinning the blame on someone else), but got pushed out anyway. So I can see where you’re getting “scheming or manipulative” (them trying this scheme), “less competent” than Altman (losing to him), and “very selfish” (blaming other people). But where are you getting “cowardly” from? From their attempt at minimizing their losses after it became clear their initial plan had become exceeding unlikely to succeed? If so, I’d say it speaks to how poorly you think of valor if you believe it precludes so sensible an action.
“cowardly” because my strong guess is that their actions were driven by fear of social censure rather than calculated attempts to minimize losses. If they were trying to minimize losses to their non-selfish goals of ousting Sam A, who I think they believed to be a bad and dangerous actor, that would have been better served by coming clean about why they did what they did.
From what I understand, they executed a risky maneuver, lost, tried to salvage what they could from the wreckage (by pinning the blame on someone else), but got pushed out anyway. So I can see where you’re getting “scheming or manipulative” (them trying this scheme), “less competent” than Altman (losing to him), and “very selfish” (blaming other people). But where are you getting “cowardly” from? From their attempt at minimizing their losses after it became clear their initial plan had become exceeding unlikely to succeed? If so, I’d say it speaks to how poorly you think of valor if you believe it precludes so sensible an action.
“cowardly” because my strong guess is that their actions were driven by fear of social censure rather than calculated attempts to minimize losses. If they were trying to minimize losses to their non-selfish goals of ousting Sam A, who I think they believed to be a bad and dangerous actor, that would have been better served by coming clean about why they did what they did.