I would not trust an investors opinion on this (barry silbert, ownership stake in blockstream, BTCC and coindesk, while being involved in hyperledger(bankers ledger) too) as they obviously have their own agenda. What ever happens, i really hope this does not follow the same theme as ETH.
This might sounds a bit silly to ask, but why was this not thought about a while back before we had the whole world watching?
i edited your post to show another thought you should also be thinking about.. why btcc was instantly waving happy flags for segwit.. even before actually peer reviewing and making their own node that had the rules set in october