I agree with your opinion and description of many of the good people that did not have the wherewithal to cope with modern day requirements to run corps as they are today. It is so much more than what one, two, or three people are able to do now. Yes, an entire staff is needed now. I seriously doubt there was any intentional dereliction with Pioneer ( on the other hand I am not privy to it all)
I now think that damage control may be the issue. Although I am not in any position of influence, I have made observations after driving equipment trailers since 1996 in World and Open class. Money of course has always been the problem with small corps. This year the corps I was driving for had full medical staff, and an RN on the entire tour.
DCI has its hands full , and are going to have to guarantee the show operators, municipal, and school directors that they are not dealing with a Pandora's Box by letting corps stay at their facilities. An earlier poster Tim K mentioned that the housing issue may be the main problem that the chaos within DCI has or will have caused. Some serious PR is going to be needed to surmount this situation