Air Force Commander Relieved - Favoritism or Engaged Leadership?

CSM Mike Maynard ,

The perception of impropriety is enough in many Commands to result in action, investigation, and even discipline. As others have stated, the article did not provide enough information for me to make an informed decision, but an O-6 decided something was amiss.

This could be a case of a great leader being punished for being an engaged leader, or it could be a case of favoritism and poor leadership.

This article was a very interesting read and reminder of the pitfalls of Command.

It's sad. Some leaders do nothing, some leader do enough and this leader, LTC Perry, did more and cared too much for his Airman.

I definitely need more info to go off of. To me, it sounds like he was a good leader. I hate to admit it, but pretty everyone shows favoritism, whether intentional or not. The thing that bugs me is that I have read nothing but good things about him. I've known good leaders that were taken down for one reason or another, that I PERSONALLY know to be amazing leaders, yet I didn't see nearly as many speaking well of them. The fact that they have so many coming to their defense and speaking highly of their character is what leads me to be skeptical. I have yet to hear anything negative. It almost resounds of a "good guys finish last" scenario.
I will reserve final judgement until I can make a better decision, but as of now, it looks to me that they got screwed.

I hate to say it but since Ive been in the Army, I have learned that people only tell when they are mad. They never tell because its wrong or the right thing to do. Someone got mad and told.

It seems to me that he was an engaged leader, but we are only getting one side of the story. Everything is based off of perception. It seemed to me like his unit was split. Half of them thought he was great and the other half percieved him to be playing favorites. We also don't know what kind of professional working relationship he had with his commander either. Maybe that had something to do with it? The whole thing just seems kind of fishy to me.

another take fro a source I generally respect.
http://www.jqpublic-blog.com/basic-military-abuse-lackland-trade-recruit-abuse-toxic-leadership/