Although it's plausible that had he stayed on for say another five more years, we would have seen the fruits of his early investments pay off and the stock appreciate accordingly.

The guy who had Nadella in charge of cloud the entire time? Ballmer is the one that not only placed Satya, but made the call to push and fund it.

For me your comment rings the same as saying look at the stock price of AMD under and after Lisa Su.