Like the leather stitching and green felt?And that's where good leadership comes in. Apple used to have that vision and leadership, which is why the UI was so heralded. Every little bit was thought out--as was the way in which the pieces would fit together.
Nowadays, it's a hodgepodge of inconsistency. A lot of people have written on this extensively, so I won't repeat their work here. Suffice it to say that Steve Jobs would be rolling in his grave right now--both with regard to the aesthetics and the functionality of the features. The iOS settings menu is a great example. The amount of nested and, worse, oddly placed bits (ever taken a tour through the "Accessibility" menu? yeech...) reminds me of Windows back in the day--when it deserved the ridicule it got.
So perhaps you're right. More hands on deck might not help. But given the overall direction of things, I seriously doubt some good hands would hurt.
Pretty sure that Steve Jobs was around to see and probably even be involved to one degree or another of how the new UI and related elements of iOS 7 were being designed and even put together.