From: stephen.fairchild@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this   
      
     To: alt.battlestar-galactica   
   Chazbot wrote:   
      
   > Fellow fans,   
   >   
   > Yeah, I know he was a terrible combat leader. But he seemed like a decent   
   > guy who was just in over his head and who relied too heavily (and   
   > literally) on his apparently minimal combat/survival training. I mean, he   
   > was "just" an electronic warfare guy (who, I get the impression, just   
   > barely made the grade and only moved up to "varsity" when Helo went   
   > missing and because Galactica was short on electronic warfare guys).   
   >   
   > He should have probably "pretended" to command while secretly consulting   
   > the Chief for all the big decisions. Instead, he apparently let protocol   
   > ("maybe that's why I'm an officer, and you're not") get in the way of good   
   > sense, probably because he was just panicking and got tunnel vision.   
   >   
   > And really, if Gaius hadn't f*cked up and then been too chicken-sh*t to   
   > admit it, Crashdown would probably have survived that mission.   
   >   
   > The writers quietly, skillfully built up a friendly, familiar face -- a   
   > guy you never quite know, but often see in the halls at work or at school,   
   > usually smiling -- over several episodes, and then let us watch him try,   
   > and fail, and die. Really sad, to me.   
   >   
   > All the more haunting because I can't help but wonder: "would *I* have   
   > really done any better under those circumstances?" I hope so, but who   
   > knows, until he's tested?   
   >   
   > Rest in peace, Crashdown.   :-\   
   >   
   > -- Chazbot.   
      
   I agree totally with what you said there.  I think all those deaths really   
   frakked him up though he did reluctantly defer to the Chief on many   
   occasions.  I can tell you one thing for sure.  If Baltar hadn't shot   
   Crashdown when he did and he had actually shot Cally and I got the   
   impression he was going to, that Chief Tyrol who had already drawn his   
   weapon on Crashdown would have definitely shot him.   
   --   
   Stephen Fairchild   
      
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