Hardtobrme - Thank you for posting this.. It's interesting for sure.
I feel that this is a possibility.. Something almost identical to this has happened in the past.
Most of you probably know of Brother - Edward Dunlap, he was one of Brother Raymond Franz close friends.
These 2 brothers lead very busy lives in the organization, they did not have a lot of time to Dig deep and meditate on the scriptures..
When they began the Project of writing the Aid book, everything changed.. They were forced to dig deep, and consider things that they never had previously.. We all know the end result.
Since January 2014, I have noticed a palpable, change in the Tone of some Watchtower Study edition articles.. I have seen areas of these articles that place more importance in Jesus and His Example, than on "Obeying The GB".. These shades of humility and genuine concern for Truth in these writings, have not challenged any of the WT doctrines, but nonetheless there was something there.. If I were a JW apologist it would be easy to Dismiss what I have noticed, however I read WT articles in a very Critical & Prejudiced manner.. Despite my distrust for all WT Writings, some of this years watchtowers have surprised me and really stood out as Different.
With this in mind, if you have read the November 2014 Study WT you see how Baddd it is, it's absolutely ridiculous.
So Perhaps.. the Org has lost 3 More "Edward Dunlap's"