In the wake of this controversy, now seems a good a time as any to shuffle leadership roles in Blizzard. Hand over WoW to the young people who applied to Blizzard because they grew up loving Warcraft - people who appreciate the old lore but have new ideas.
Sega did something similar in recent years and we got Sonic Mania out of it. 9.2 is already going to be super delayed anyways.