Fair points. I think in the end, given only what we see, neither of them seemed to have shown particularly good judgment.
Jellico was temporarily given command over the flagship of Starfleet, which had so far performed well. He immediately decided to implement his personally preferred policies across the ship, which would’ve been fine if he had been given a long-term posting under normal circumstances but wasn’t when he was temporarily in command during a time when the crew needed to perform reliably. Heck, he even had the fish removed from Picard’s office despite knowing full well that it was a temporary posting.
Riker was rightfully concerned about all this but took far too much leeway in dealing with it. Honestly, Picard wouldn’t have acted much differently than Jellico by the time Riker flatly refused to do his job. Jellico might’ve acted unwisely in a professional sense and inappropriately on a personal level but Riker wasn’t acting like an officer at all.
It’s like the two of them were trying to make a case study on how many different kinds of dysfunction you can cram into just two officers aboard a single starship.
Fair points. I think in the end, given only what we see, neither of them seemed to have shown particularly good judgment.
Jellico was temporarily given command over the flagship of Starfleet, which had so far performed well. He immediately decided to implement his personally preferred policies across the ship, which would’ve been fine if he had been given a long-term posting under normal circumstances but wasn’t when he was temporarily in command during a time when the crew needed to perform reliably. Heck, he even had the fish removed from Picard’s office despite knowing full well that it was a temporary posting.
Riker was rightfully concerned about all this but took far too much leeway in dealing with it. Honestly, Picard wouldn’t have acted much differently than Jellico by the time Riker flatly refused to do his job. Jellico might’ve acted unwisely in a professional sense and inappropriately on a personal level but Riker wasn’t acting like an officer at all.
It’s like the two of them were trying to make a case study on how many different kinds of dysfunction you can cram into just two officers aboard a single starship.