Many high achieving type A personalities run into problems when they have to conform to limits. There are wide gaps between the unadulterated dream and the realities of business. Add, that some types As just don't play well together. It's hard for some successful self made individuals to take orders from others. It's tough when you are no longer the boss.
Gates seems to have had a smooth ride to the top. Jobs anything but. Add in guys like Mike Dell who has been in and out of his company over boardroom wars and Lemond has lots of company in the troubled CEO category.
As for the marriage with Trek, a decision i'm sure Lemond wishes every day that he could have taken back. Maybe Trek did purposely wreck the comany. AMF ran Harley into the ground. There was no excuse forwhat they were doing. Brunswick has ruined Searay and is doing the same to Boston Whaler. These examples are not even the tip of the iceberg when it comes to bad business marriages ruining brand names and destroying asset value.