i think the problem lee's having is that the comparisons are unfair to both guys people are propping byrd up like "he's the opposite of that loudmouthed bradley that we all hated so much," which is unfair to bradley, but it's also unfair to byrd, because he's only getting compared to milton because he's a black guy. although it would probably be more racist if we had replaced milton with like rocco baldelli, because there would be this "well at least we have this nice hard-working white guy in the of now that looks like me." undertone to everything.