# Death to Wesley Crusher! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-wesley-crusher/680857 "2014-02-08T20:53:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 55
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-wesley-crusher/680857/55 "2014-02-11T20:32:22Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > I was thinking about the “Chain of Command” episode, with Captain Jellicoe. > > Here you have a no nonsense kind of CO, who commands by fiat, not consensus. It causes friction in/with the command staff. I always thought Jellicoe was misunderstood. He knew he was not going to be the permanent commander of the Enterprise. Picard’s command style is way laid back (except in combat mode). He inspires the crew to do good work just by his presence. The crew looks for ways to impress him, and they don’t need instructions. Everyone is self-motivated. But this type of command respect takes a long time to set up. Jellicoe had only a little time to complete his assignment, so he came in guns blazing. When he asked Riker whether the ship ran a three or four shift watch, it didn’t matter which one Riker answered, Jellicoe would have made him switch to the other one. Let’s everyone know that things have changed, and we are not doing things Picard’s way. Jellicoe knew there wasn’t time to get the crew to like him or respect him like Picard, so he didn’t even try. So how did Starfleet’s Best respond? They whined like little children denied their candy. Riker especially: “He’s not doing things the way we always did! \.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-wesley-crusher/680857)._