Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20170205164448/@comment-25936766-20170208024114

TheQueenJess wrote: So what you're saying is that Monty prevented RWBY from being as great as what it should have been back then? In part, yes. It's not their entire fault though; there's also the fact there was lower budget, manpower and talent before. Granted, Monty was the Director in V1 and 2, so he has by-default some responsibility for most issues in them.

Basically, Monty had a particular way of doing things that he was used to, but not everyone else was used to. He had particular ideas that he liked for how awesome they were, but others didn't because they were bad writing-wise.

And, he was stubborn, though he at least listened to M&K (for the most part). Shane adored Monty and followed his example, defended his "vision", not necesarily for the better.