Interesting thought, though I don't know if that would have pushed prices as low as they got.
Plus last time I checked, despite GD recent retirement he is still one of the largest shareholders in the company with a couple of million shares.
With such a big stake in the company, you'd think he wouldn't have retired unless confident that the company would continue to do well.
Anyway, with the share price at $0.58 MML isn't as horrifically undervalued relative to its peers as it was when it was in the mid 30s - so it would appear that sentiment is slowly changing and it's still great buying at these levels in my opinion.
MML Price at posting:
58.0¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held