Yeah but then he should also not stake a hard position on shit he's so far removed from, should he?
Like, there's a reason you stay vague if you're not 100%, just say something like "there were disciplinary issues" if you really want to blame them, don't say something specific enough they can rebut, that's basic corpo speak.
Tony just really needs to hire a proper PR team, and social media team, hand over media call/scrum/twitter duties to them, use his newfound time for a seventh 8-ball a week, and then so many problems will be resolved.