Although I love the office, but it was only fun for the seasons in which Michael is present, and that's not because he's such a great character, but because he's terrible. He's bad at his job, gets away with things, and a terrible human being.
So it was only fun when all the other characters opposed Michael or when Michael got made fun of for his stupidness.
The show got boring when he left, but not because Michael was the star, but the centerpiece with whom the other characters responded to.
What I don't understand is how the audience glorifies Michael, and love him???? He's a misogynist, racist, terrible at his job, and a terrible human being. And I think the writers wrote him that way , but people ended up simping for him? Sad