10-25-2012, 01:33 PM
CI has it right on Bowlsby reference. And I'd add one additional layer: we know Bowlsby had/has the stones to take the most decisive action an AD can. The new guy? Who knows. Some already think he is in way over his head.
And I don't mean to suggest at all that such a decision is even worth raising as a future possibility now (Shaw is, at minimum, doing a good job now). Rather, it is simply to point out that in the video Hitler was taking comfort (incorrectly) in having a decisive AD who can help Shaw "see the light." I actually thought that subtlety was one of the cleverest aspects of the piece (just behind the "code word" for "end zone" - which was LOL funny).
And I don't mean to suggest at all that such a decision is even worth raising as a future possibility now (Shaw is, at minimum, doing a good job now). Rather, it is simply to point out that in the video Hitler was taking comfort (incorrectly) in having a decisive AD who can help Shaw "see the light." I actually thought that subtlety was one of the cleverest aspects of the piece (just behind the "code word" for "end zone" - which was LOL funny).