Obviously a number of us are simply not able or willing to go the custom ROM route for whatever reason. Regardless of the benefits, we just don't want to go to that level, and there's nothing wrong with that, so before you start going on and on about how we should just go custom stop and ask yourself what point you're trying to make.
Personally, my phone is my work phone, and I have coworkers that I have to support as part of my job, so not having stock isn't an option. Doesn't mean I don't want the benefits of WM6.5.x and Sense UI.
Frankly, I have to admit that waiting for Sprint is extremely annoying at this point. This is what happened with the TP1 too... everyone else got updates but them, and the TP2 came out before the TP1's update. Absolutely ridiculous! It's not rocket science, given how many people are so easily able to create their own ROMs and have a perfectly acceptable experience.