RW's is an asset because he came up through the ranks and his institutional memory substantial. You would be amazed as to how little current staff know on why past decisions that guide present policy were made let alone who made them. The culture ( or system ) that is WDFW is somewhat self perpetuating simply by the way it operates. It matters little who is Director as whoever it is will still have the same staff and processes. The only Director I remember going for change was Bern Shanks and we all know how that turned out as many staff actively worked to undermine him. The saying then was union contract in one hand, job description in the other and CYA.