Pal,
I can’t speak for group B, I can only give my own personal opinion. Reflecting back on the Guardians effort, it had very little impact on Parsons’ resignation.
The whole Guardians effort was just a smoke screen that put public pressure on Parsons. I thought it was a significant effort at the time back in 2018, but now that I look back on it, the Guardians effort was just noise. The aftermath is more noise.
I honestly believe the only reason Parsons resigned was due to legal actions. Just my opinion.