It’s definitely bugging me that all this stuff has been ripped down and these projects set in motion and CAC doesn’t have to see it through. It would be different at the end of his 8, but someone (CAC or other) has actively decided that TK doesn’t have to wade through a potential storm and can instead just hand a primed grenade to someone else.
And as much as I don’t like him, if this does all work then he’s missed out on credit.
Not sure it’s a great look on a CV to be able to say “I ruined a load of stuff and made a lot of people unhappy as preparation to rebuild”.
On the flip side, if it flounders he has plausible deniability. Somewhat stings that he can ruin the org and through some minor mental gymnastics legitimately say “not my fault because I wasn’t involved in that bit”.
Of course, it’s possible that more newly added problems (budget and VA) have messed with his intentions and visions so he’s peaced out, recognising that he can’t achieve what he wanted to.
And as for the death spiral…
I’m not hopeful that we will have a better impression of his successor. Who would want the poisoned chalice? Who would the RAF be willing to pass it to?