Fowsto Cope-E said:TFF is not saying that it was wrong of him to have "wheelsucked" Indurain just as much as he's not saying that it was wrong for him to have had Lance and Contador on his Tour team. He's just saying that he doesn't really deserve the infamy.
Anyway, I find it somewhat odd that he is complaining about the Schlecks not getting any wins yet, because it's not like Lance would have won anything at this point in the year either (except maybe the Tour de Georgia).
It appears to me to be more of a saving face reaction. He says he talked with Frank prior to his abandoning and was given no indication that his injuries were such that a dnf was in the cards. His rep as cycling's Svengali is under seige, considering the mass of talent (Cancellara and stage race) that they accumulated with the Leopard/Shack merger. No ToC win, no victories in the cobbled classics. The Schleck's have been a disappointment to him apparently. Maybe he thought he could simply motivate them with his sheer presence.
Fuglsang stated in an article (Pro Cycling mag I believe) that the difference between his time with Shack last year and this year's team is that the riders are left to their own devices when it comes to training and prep while last year it was much more hands-on and individualized. That would IMO be a recipe for disaster with Andy considering rumoured his lax attitude towards training.