A strong team requires proper communication between everyone on the team. If there are issues, then they need to be resolved fast or they will just grow. mink has the best insight as to what's going on with internal staff affairs, so he's the one that makes the decisions at that level -- it's why he's there.

Doc is still on the network, and he obviously wouldn't be kicked off the network since he's helped for so many years. But, being staff means working seamlessly with everyone else on the team, and if mink thinks there's an issue, then he is free to resolve it how he sees fit.


It's cool that everyone is sticking up for Doc, and I like him too, but there's a difference between showing that he was a liked staff member and actively complaining about his removal. The former is more effective.