Following up to that, here is a piece that illuminates why I think Stern needs to depart.
It's not that he may not be a very nice person. I don't think "nice" people necessarily make great leaders. It's that like anyone who's been at the top too long he starts to think that he is the organization and that he is indispensable. He's been there what, 27 years? That's way too long. They should have the commissioner have five or six year terms and be limited to no more than three. 15-18 years is long enough to give stability and put your mark on things.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
