My sense is that most things don't fall out of the sky and bop this guy on the head.  I'll bet that there was some engineering behind it so I'm not sure that 'thrilled' is a word which captures the emotion with precision.

I think that 'mpcoin' is a mistake from a PR point of view mainly because the guy bends over backward to be unlikable (and it is one of the admittedly numerous things he seems proficient at.)  Similarly, but for the opposite reason, 'gavincoin' would not be to top pick for the bloatchain fork.  Oh well.  I never did have much of a knack for marketing so maybe I'm wrong about this.