It would only be a coup if the person who is a leader of a party leaves and becomes the leader elsewhere. I mean, what would you settle for if you are a leader of a party and you defect? No. 12 in the batting order? No. 15?
With the apple trees gone, we won't have apples clogging drains in the road. I once picked up a couple of bushels in my front yard. They came down with the water.