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Before, after the first season ended, Yamakan, the first director, warned fans about EE in advance because of Kadokawa's plans to milk the series after its initial success. Which was really why he ended up getting sacked after the third episode of Lucky Star.
All the staff at Kyoani absolutely hated working on those eps and it soured the studio's reputation with fans in relation with ruining the second season ever since. Got them a lot of bad nicknames on 2ch too, can't remember them though.
It could also be seen as the original KF situation because Kadokawa wasn't happy about another studio director taking the popularity claim to yet another one of their franchises.