Can't give the poll a yes or a no.
SuperS had some of the best fillers like the ninja
episode.
And sometimes getting some really great animation such as this.
Then you had those episodes the remless/lemures do absolutely nothing like that plant slot machine MOTD.
Yeah. I believe this has to do with a lot of executive meddling. You can see it in the videogames like Various Emtion. Probably gave Ikuhara more reasons to leave with enough motivation to do Utena.