I think Danny Way is a piece of shit and he deserves all the disappointment and ill will he's had directed his way over the True disaster, but I've always somewhat liked Colin. In fact, the most distasteful thing to me about Colin has been his close association with Danny Way. He's always seemed like the reasonable sidekick to the shithead alpha male - the guy who hands you your glasses after his friend kicks the shit of you.
I love uppers and I've had a long, sometimes tumultuous, but ultimately fulfilling relationship with them. Of course I don't know the extent of his drug use but it's not obvious to me that he's got a coke problem. He's probably worn out.
Imagine his position. He's been running a company with a murderous bigot for 10 years. Said company had a legacy of sponsoring the most talented, genre-defining skaters of their time. That legacy coupled with years of frustrating "coming soon" ads/trailers already probably made expectations unmeetable. Then, The murderous bigot with a shitty jock mentality decides he has something to prove to the nerds and "artfags" who embarrassed his coach 20 years ago and starts publicly talking shit on girl, pretty sweet, etc. As a result, more and more skaters came to view the plan b video as something to root against.
By the time November, 2014 rolls around and Colin knows every reason that the video is not up to par the dread and anxiety over releasing your giant failure to a public that will largely delight in your failure has to be crushing.
Also, if you close your eyes Colin's voice starting to sound just like Steve Olson's.