True. Then you are removed and replaced by someone who does what you won't.

It's tricky. I think its also important to weigh in that a lot of these captains and folks in executive position spent their entire working life to get to X position. It must be hard to walk away from a life goal, which I assume is what pushes them to, "do what needs to be done." The lingering question remaining, "Did it really need to he done?"