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The issue isn’t whether he was a hardass. It’s whether he inspired loyalty and effectiveness from his crew. He did neither and that hurts the whole.

That said, he didn’t have time to build the needed trust. Usually a temporary or brevet promotion for the XO would achieve that quicker unless there’s a damn good reason to bring in an outsider. During a war there’s usually a shortage of experienced captains during a war but a flagship like Enterprise would carry an admiral with his staff. That’s what a flagship is and why it’s called that. It also gives an XO put in command a mentor and advisor.

This isn’t Star Trek specific and is generally what you see in wars in navies.

@Jdogg247