"We all pick on Gordon alot (with a mouth like that, it's impossible not to), but they could replace him with someone who could give us alot more grief. At least with Bethune, we pretty much know what we're getting, and when things improve, he's likely to stop trimming the benefits."

To be honest, I think that is the basis of Gordon's appeal to the employees, the board and customers. You know what he's thinking, he doesn't sugarcoat or PC anything. He does step in it sometimes, but when you are that open about what you think and you don't dodge questions, it's going to happen.