You're right.
My daughter often complains that I'm much more lenient with her kids than I was with her.
I tell her that this old fool has learned a thing or two about what works and what doesn't.
It seems that WT is no different from any other corporation in that it prefers "company men" so eager to prove themselves that they will go along with any policies that WT implements.
It will do WT well to recall to mind the example of Solomon's son, Rehoboam.