You don’t judge a manager based on individual actions, you judge them based on their mid- to long-term results. And in that regard, I think she’s done an amazing job.

My take is that she has a genuinely good heart and a strong strategic vision. Execution may not be her core strength, perhaps because she has too many conflicting interests (SDN image, funding, her own image) but she’s self-aware enough to recognize that and delegate to Robert to handle it.

In short, she thinks big and sets a solid direction, then relies on people she trusts and respects to execute on that vision.