If you rewind the clock to April, Silicon Alley Insider praised Yang’s handling of the Microsoft negotiations, saying that “Yahoo Playing This Brilliantly“. Now, Silicon Valley Insider claims that Yahoo Management “blew the deal“.
Alright – just because you did some things well doesn’t mean that you will succeed, and obviously Yahoo didn’t get the deal done (is that success?). But what is clear is that no matter what Yang did, Silicon Alley Insider intended to roast him for it.