Just because the PE firms showed profit over a five year period doesn't necessarily mean they're doing the right thing for the company. What would be more impressive would be PE firms buying, managing, and hanging on to firms for the long term, which doesn't seem to be as fashionable.
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I'm not sure both of those links show what you want to show- the first one looked like it put the company back on the private equity treadmill: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/business/economy/05simmons...
Just because the PE firms showed profit over a five year period doesn't necessarily mean they're doing the right thing for the company. What would be more impressive would be PE firms buying, managing, and hanging on to firms for the long term, which doesn't seem to be as fashionable.