I just had that same thought. I was just looking over that thread in staff where Ryuujin deleted a thread because everyone was disagreeing with him in it. I would have stuck out like a sore thumb as Admin back then.
Everyone was grilling him. Chris kept saying you can't delete a thread unless it violates the rules and the Mod Guidelines say you should. I would have been the only one saying "Who the **** cares?" It was his thread anyway, and it only had 10 posts. Don't make a habit of it, but you can do whatever you want with your own stuff.