Whither Griff?

It's been noted that Griff has not posted an "Ask Griff" thread since June.

However, Griff is still around. He has helped a lot of sellers deal with bureaucratic snafus in Ebay.

In particular, Griff has been useful in getting NPB negs removed, and getting add-counted multiple neg stars condensed into one.

I predict Griff's public statements were not working out, for two related reasons.
1. Griff was folksy, in a legalistic context.
2. Ebay doesn't want to publish commitments as to how they will handle situations.

It seems likely that sellers were calling CS, referencing an Ask Griff answer, and claiming that Griff promised them protection. Usually, the case was somewhat different than the case Griff had discussed, and sometimes it was totally different. However, the expectation that CS would track down what Griff had promised was causing internal stress.