It just seems like F tries to pick up guys at a discount. Either no name-ers who are willing to huck for a buck or it's guys leaving Black Box. I mean, it seemed really cool at the time that they picked up those guys who got kicked off or left Black Box or whatever, but when it's all said and done, it kind of seems a little suspect.
"yeah, we're really cool for hooking these guys up when they would have been on the street, but now that their Black Box residual notoriety has worn off, we just have to make a business decision and tell them to get a fucking job and grow up." Obviously the front end is a business decision too and not them just "being legit."
Why did Leo leave? F has some problems keeping guys on both ends of the spectrum. Without a Chris Cole or Shane O'Neill type of skater, they're just going to be on Black Label path here pretty soon. The new kids you're going to rebut me with that you're stoked on at the moment, they'll be old and lazy in a couple years too. It's cyclical, and that's why the F's image is suffering so much.