Ofcourse it wouldn't be exactly the same. Evenepoel is just hired for a long time.
But stating Almeida should listen or something bad will happen, and stating the same would be applied to Evenepoel, is Lefevere's unelegant (but clear) way of saying that team strategy should always be followed and there is no room for rebels in the team.
If you look at riders joining / leaving the team, it's clear that the approach at DQS is a ruthless one: Lefevere is the main architect. He doesn't have the biggest budget, but he tries to get the most out of his (not that small) budget. This enables him to compete, on a day-by-day basis, with almost any team. In GT's it's a different story as it requires depth and longer term roles that aren't easy to fill in, especially if you don't enable riders to grow as a GT rider.
This thread has emerged as a way to express feelings, frustrations and thoughts about Lefevere, especially in the context of his spat with Sam Bennett. The thing is, we don't know everything behind the scenes. We do know that Bennett must have hit Lefevere's most sensitive nerve and Lefevere is going full tilt at the moment, probably without any remorse and not held back by his sponsors. Some sponsors, like Quickstep, are loyal and the relation with Lefevere goes further than just a business relation. As Lefevere has been hiring and sacking riders for more than 20 years, they trust him that he knows what he is doing. The question is: will riders (starting from next season) be as eager to (re)sign for Lefevere, after what happened with Bennett? I posted some reasons above why I believe they will. Every rider that is signed by Lefevere, is a rider Lefevere wants in the team. So in the first year, there is a very small chance any rider will have a problem with Lefevere. Actually, when you look at what happened with Bennett, it's an outlier. Bennett could easily be the most gentle guy in the peloton, but at the other hand, Lefevere has gone through 20+ years and 100ths of riders without any issue or problem (in the press).
I'll leave it there. I could say much more as I know a rider on the team a bit closer so I know just that little more about the team than most on here) but while I really roll eyes every time Lefevere spouts his thoughts, I don't necessarily disagree with his stance, only with the way he's communicating about it, and the (sometimes very dubious / sexist / ...) analogies he makes.