This is a perversion of Occam’s Razor. William believed that you must account for all the facts before settling on the simplest explanation of them, which none of us know at this point.
It’s quite possible that someone made statements that now seem inaccurate that may not once the hire is announced, it’s also possible that the statements are actually inaccurate because SF has been intentionally misled, and it’s also possible that he’s deliberately misleading the Board to help DW keep the lid tight.
I, for one, consider option 3 the least likely, as I’ve run across him here and found him to be a reasonable and jovial poster.
If 3 ends up being true, I’ll have to send him a bottle of Scotch.