Yeah I hear you. We have lost 2 long time managers this season in my Div alone. Losing these 2 at the top of the draw on the other side of my Div would be a real shame.
I am pretty sure these guys will be back (I hope so), their teams are in good GS and would be able to really compete in the finals series if they did.
What is strange is that just before not logging in again, one of the teams just spent up and bought a bunch of great trainees and was talking on the forums about pushing for the title. Hopefully nothing bad has happened to the manager personally, he is a university student, and maybe a foreign student, never know whats gone on I guess.