[Rim05]

Perhaps timing, picking the battle, or maybe knowing when to back off and let the situation work itself out might have been a good thing for Snell to do

That is so true. I have seen people who could just not let it go. Something like I am right and you can not tell me what/how to do it. Most of the time it has not been to their advantage. There is a time to talk and a time to Shut Up.