[Mick]

Bernard's teflon mastery of administrative survival should be studied by all would-be apparatchiks. He's a survivor for all seasons.

Completely agree. I grudgingly admire the capacity of mediocre talents who have finagled their way into senior roles and thrive. Bernard, for sure. Farhan Zaidi is another. Objectively speaking, the SF Giants' first round draft picks over the last 10 years have the worst WAR of all 30 big league teams. And yet...Farhan not only keeps his job, but he gets a two-year extension. And he proves his rank incompetence by hiring Jerod Haase, excuse me, I mean Bob Melvin, a career underperformer. I've seen it in my own business many times. Grim.

[Mick]

Bernard's teflon mastery of administrative survival should be studied by all would-be apparatchiks. He's a survivor for all seasons.

Completely agree. I grudgingly admire the capacity of mediocre talents who have finagled their way into senior roles and thrive. Bernard, for sure. Farhan Zaidi is another. Objectively speaking, the SF Giants' first round draft picks over the last 10 years have the worst WAR of all 30 big league teams. And yet...Farhan not only keeps his job, but he gets a two-year extension. And he proves his rank incompetence by hiring Jerod Haase, excuse me, I mean Bob Melvin, a career underperformer. I've seen it in my own business many times. Grim.