Well they think that they have the solution to move bitcoin forward, however they way that they try to promote their agenda is by spreading FUD.
Indeed. Garzik had a backroom meeting with the miners and they've declined support (IIRC) as Classic does not have a long term plan in addition to not having an adequate team of developers.
Things changed, Bitcoin Classic has very ambitious roadmap to my opinion (even though part of the features are from other teams like Bitcoin Unlimited), but if they deliver their roadplan as promised, Bitcoin Classic can help progressing Bitcoin in the right direction.
If anybody not familiar with Bitcoin Classic roadmap and is interested to check it, here is the link:
https://github.com/bitcoinclassic/documentation/blob/master/roadmap/roadmap2016.md