I agree that you should not even bother to post any more over there. It has all been said, although I just took my parting shot.
As for the question of whether Mikhail removed the driver, JL's original web page points out that the driver had NEVER been removed when they got hold of it and actually made fun of the prior modder for not doing that to replace the cable. Should be no doubt whatsoever that he did not remove the driver and as you say he couldn't have done the damage to the voice coil without removing it.