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Agree, to a point. Using proof of stake is an important objective for the Ethereum blockchain model. Vitalik has said as much in conferences worldwide since January of this year.

The drop in price helps potential stakeholders too.

But the real concern, and IMHO, the reason for the drop, may lie in the next big hurdle, which is creating applications based on blockchain contracts. It is a very different way of thinking about application development, and as such, may need more time for consideration.

More like hypertext and the world-wide web was in 1993 than it was in 1996 and '97.

This is a very optimistic timeline for PoS.

Metropolis comes this year which will not include PoS but will include zero knowledge and a few other things.

Casper is expected sometime next spring.

If you had a rig, why would you sell before Casper though (as in, right now)? Even with reduced profit, it's still profit. The only reason I can think of is speculation that the resale value won't be worth it in a few months.