To be fair, Firefly, while not a bad show, was hardly a great show, either.
Yeah, I used to be on the OMG JOSS IS SO PERSECUTED bandwagon too, and yes, the suits didn't do him any favors, in terms of airing episodes out of order and such, but then again, with more leeway, the best he's given us since then has been ... Dollhouse. Yeah. And I'm sorry, but if Joss didn't have shitloads of fans going OMG HE'S SO FEMINIST, everybody would be denouncing THAT show for the creepy-ass Chuck Austen-level misogyny that it is.
So, when it comes to Joss versus the suits, NEITHER side is right! :)