We aren't arguing minutiae. The GM is the boss's boss. He's got a problem employee who is under contract and refusing to act accordingly. Getting on him for "redassing" a player while eating in front of others is ridiculous. You're simplifying it. We're still talking unions here, and if Chacon were bolting Ford Explorers together and someone in management came down while he was eating lunch and started in on him, with no steward present, there'd be hell to pay. This was Cooper's responsibility, pure and simple. They could have suspended him for insubordination to the manager, the way the Angels handled Guillen in '04. Wade had no reason to make it personal. Do you consider an exec raising his voice and using profanity towards a union member appropriate behavior? Not the same thing. He refused to even go into the meeting where if he requsted it/required it he gets to have a union rep present. He has no leg to stand on because he refused to even go into the meeting and then proceeded to pummel management. I don't care how union you are, that's not ok.