Hi tkc,
Nothing wrong with showing support.
But it's a very tough argument to make at this moment. awk gets to sell the currencies of vision and pipeline which have been insufficient to keep the price up or the treasury full.
It's a this-time-it's-different argument. But to know that, you'd have to be certain about things which are clearly in doubt and to rely upon the guidance of the person responsible for the forecasting failure. Not a robust position.
But sign a deal in the next three weeks and he gets out of jail free.