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Essentially is he was a fixer. He got everyone back on track and doing their jobs but also tended to try to fix things when they weren't broken. All the same though marvel wasn't ever better than they were with him.
Long story short. He has no idea HOW it happened but he was the boss so he's taking the heat even if only for not paying attention enough to stop it. Also Claremont and Michelineie evidently had it in for each other.