I have been holding shift for a few months now. I agree that missing deadlines is never a good sign. It shows incompetence in the leadership and developers, but it could be for valid reasons. However, the recent hacks are more concerning to me. I think it would be a good show of face for the team to have their project's code audited by an outside group to try to catch flaws in the project. This would show that the team knows that having robust and vetted systems is increasingly important for stability in the currency and the importance of avoiding hard forks because of incompetence.