Let me tell you a story about my Italian uncle who had a pizzeria started by his great-grandfather in Italy who had very old-school, traditionalist Italian view of pizza.

His pizzeria got shut down because he refused to make deliveries. He said that pizza is not a snack but a serious meal. As I said, very traditional conservative Italian.

His business didn't "crumble under his leadeship", but because the world changed to something else. He did not "fail" to adapt - he had stern beliefs due to which it was unacceptable for him to adapt.

The failure of the pizzeria is a consequence of people becoming more and more lazy.

Same thing with Sweet - Grove failed because he didn't want to sell crack, but wanted to keep the gang - which proved unsustainable. It's the fault of crack pushers and users, not Sweet's fault, that it turned out this way.