Totally agree. The initial press release made it sound like Altman was guilty of borderline illegal malfeasance, which wasn't true. Without any more information, the world was left to speculate about what happened, and it came across to many as more of a "power struggle" or grudge match than fundamental concerns about the direction of OpenAI.
While in retrospect I think the board's actions may have been warranted, their communication was absolutely atrocious.