Comment from an NDU insider: MG Martin is a good guy but in over his head

Below is note I got this morning from an NDU insider.

Speaking of notes, I've had many from outraged NDU
faculty members (and others) unhappy with the broad Guamanian brush I used to
describe them yesterday. I apologize for that. I should
have been clearer that I was talking about some, not everyone. In addition to
the entrenched mediocrities, there are some great faculty members, too. I guess
I am just sad to see a once-great institution tarnished, losing enough lustre
to threaten its accreditation, and now facing what appears to be a crisis in
leadership or morale, or both.

Anyway, here is the note.

I can say from firsthand
knowledge that the problems you describe are accurate, but only scratching the
surface. General Martin is a truly friendly and
unbelievably enthusiastic individual ... but those traits are overshadowed by
his admittedly horrid personal time management abilities and nearly utter
disregard for his senior staff's time, a frustrating inability to prioritize
effort, inconsistent focus and vision, paralyzing personal indecisiveness, and
a shocking level of paranoia over many on his staff (to the point that he often
referred to some as "The NDU Taliban").

His actions were
often characterized as an ADHD child on a sugar-jag, or a Mr. Magoo
in uniform by some at the top echelons of the NDU's colleges. And
then there were the pettiness and ethical grey areas from the general that has
tarnished the reputation of the NDUP in the eyes of those who work with him on
a daily basis.

Good folks opted to leave rather
than work under the unstable an unpredictable leadership coming from the NDUP
and his Exec. Others have just hunkered down to wait out the current
administration. The staff alienation was palpable. Some of his senior staff
have gone so far as to cynically comment that the J7 must have brought general
Martin to the NDU as a "fall guy" during this difficult
transition time in the university's history, knowing that he would
set a new and lower leadership bar for his successor to build from in the
future. BG Martin is not a toxic leader in the traditionally abusive or amoral
manner of many other officers, but the leadership he delivers is
poisoning the NDU nonetheless.

This note
represents the views of the writer, and are not necessarily those of the
Defense Department or the U.S. government.