Quite simply I think they are scared. That would explain it. Also would explain why they always seemed to have a 3rd party speak for them.
The words of the 3rd party spokesperson (unofficial spokesperson that is)
really don't mean anything, so that way they try to defend their weak positions, but really don't have to stand behind the words. Pretty clever ,,,,ehh?

Of course, that is just how I see it. If they were to post publicly it would prove me wrong,,,,,wouldn't it????