He said they felt the fans "were further advanced in terms of required management structure and overall ability to enter a team into whichever league is determined by the FA".
Our reasons included concerns about the ultimate market cap the market would allow the company to achieve, rising competition from Android devices, the release of the iPhone 5 with a sub-par mapping application and concerns about the ability of the company to hold together its managementteam in the post-Steve Jobs era (a concern that was validated when the company announced management changes).
Executives in companies involved in innovation are more likely to be confident in their ability to innovate and improve, have an aggressive managementteam, and sense that customers want something new and different.