My opinion is that footbal CEO works in a completely different way to every other organisation - I've dealt with CEOs and CFOs of various companies and organisations in my career and they are methodical and involved in every part of the business as you say. Martin Bain, from what I could see, wasn't as he had been told he wasn't allowed to spend money by the person that owns the club - CEOs seem more involved in the financial side of things in a football club than at NHS and company level (that I've worked with) - this is where I base my opinion - he's a puppet for Ellis Short regardless of job title - you could've put me in as CEO but when the CEOs boss tells the CEO to do something he has to do it - I don't, for one second, think Bain had the balls to say "No screw this I'm going to do what's best for the club" as he likes his 1.4m salary too much - as I say, that's how I see it and that's how I get an opinion - don't patronise me by saying I don't know what a CEO does
So he chose to act as a disinterested, uninspired puppet for the sake of his salary instead of looking after the club? Your words not mine.
Going back to your original point. Do you still think he did a good job?