He got booted as showrunner after the outcry from killing off Carl and promoted to some chief something, that was the year before Rick left, although he wrote Rick's last episode, if I recall correctly.
Negan is beautiful, but like with pro wrestling, he was funnier and more appealing as a 'bad guy.' Glad they kept him on, anyways, although him and Maggie go to Manhattan in that coming spinoff seems a bit of a stretch, like how are they gonna make that work in the long term? Not as bad as Daryl going to France, tho. That's just ridiculous. What's the point?
Nuking Texas in FTWD was kinda fhucked up. As if zombies wasn't bad enough! It just bugs me.