Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181229081856/@comment-4141313-20190111070933

Right

If he knew about Pyrrha's Semblance, then he's an idiot for not forcefully inputting a code into the "randomizer" that prevented the two from fighting, seeing as Magnetism and Robots don't mix well. At least then, their match due to Cinder would actually raise an alarm if he had put a code to prevent said match.

If he didn't know about Pyrrha's semblance, which is less likely since she was their Maiden Candidate and you'd think they'd be able to figure out her semblance on their own, then he was overconfident in Penny.

Also, while on the subject of Ironwood fucking up, I'd like to reiterate how dumb he was for not running a thorough virus scan on the CCT after Cinder infiltrated it. I don't give a rats ass about Ozpin's "No Panic" clause, you can run a damn virus scan without causing a panic. They should have bothered to scan the CCT after it got infiltrated on principle, since not doing that effectively let Cinder's plans get off the ground.