It's just amazing to me what happens to some fantastic companies when they make the break with their founder. Walmart never came back (sure, they make money but it is at tremendous cost). Southwest still has time, but so far it's crap. Apple dumped Steve Jobs back in the day, but fortunately there was time to bring him back and have a massive turnaround and put together a real succession. And now FedEx. It is so plain and simple. They had Fred for such a long time. I don't understand how and why a company that was run on its bedrock values so successfully for such a long time can mess up succession so badly.