With all due respect, if you're looking for insight into why Gary Daichendt walked away as Nortel's COO, an "exclusive" in today's Globe & Mail will probably leave you disappointed. While interesting, the reason for Daichendt's departure is still unknown. The G&M story suggests he proposed a restructuring plan to Nortel's board with an accelerated schedule with "increased emphasis on certain product areas". Instead, the board rejected the plan and told Daichendt he wouldn't get the CEO job right away. So, what were the certain product areas? Did Daichendt want Nortel to make some aggressive moves in the enterprise market - a business he knew intimately from his days at Cisco? Did he propose to sell off the UMTS and/or GSM parts of the wireless business? Was he dismissive of the $448-million of cash that Nortel spent buy PEC Solutions, which comes in as 66th among the U.S. government's top-100 prime contractors? Why didn't Daichendt stick it out given he had a contract with a long-term bonus structure? Wasn't he given assurances by the board he would be made CEO by a certain date? You figure all of these issues would have been addressed during the recruitment process. Remember, Daichendt didn't need the Nortel job because he left Cisco as a multi-multi-millionaire. He would only have come out of a five-year retirement for specific reasons that had more to do with a professional challenge than financial rewards. What the G&M did today was highlight details that had been simmering in the investment community since Daichendt left earlier this month. What I'm seeking is the real story of what went down in the Nortel boardroom and executives suites.