Todd Howard should have been cut loose ages ago, like after Skyrim

I remember reading something ages ago about Todd. Apparently he has all of these big ideas, some of which are just not practical. He needed someone to keep him in check so things didn’t go off the rails. I believe that person either left or was let go at some point, so now Todd is just surrounded by yes men, never telling him when one of his ideas is bad. So we end up in this situation with Bethesda the way it is. Not saying that’s the only reason of course, but I believe it’s a contributing factor