I think my biggest problem with the idea of the removal of pets is the systems I see popularly suggested just sound like rip offs of existing classes.

- Move through different trances (Bard songs)
- Execute a series of actions to get a summon to do an attack (Caster Ninja)
- Give us the Primal skills instead (Blue mage)

I also feel a lot of people keep missing the full quote from the Mr.Happy interview which is: "Currently Summoner as a job is reaching somewhat of a breaking point when it comes to the overall play mechanics, so we've halted work on Egi-glamour for the time being to shift focus."

"For the time being" is key here. That itself implies it isn't fully destroyed but rather they are shifting focus elsewhere for SMN. Also what the heck happens to SCH if the pet AI has been deemed to unwieldy. I honestly think is is more in reference to they can't just keep throwing in trances and big Demis or the rotation will become far too long and thus they need to evaluate what to do where to keep the rotation length reasonable.