It's not unusual that the creative genius is not the best operational manager.
It is not hard to understand that. It is also not hard to accept that Martin possibly made some bad moves. It is bussines, it is life.
What bothers me is this pretending that nothing had happended. Just like Martin was yet another guy who cleaned the toilletes last week.
I repeat: Martin created the company. He created it's image and became the face of the company. The fact he got fired over night without further notice I can only decode as:
What Martin was talking about and the image he represented in public no longer identifies with Tesla Motors and the future it wants to pursue. We are not what he talked about any more. He became an obstacle to our future steps.
And this bothers me very much.