Tony
He certainly could be. His good points outweighed it, though. One of which was being very tenacious when problems cropped up. I remember being around him tackling more than his fair share of problems and saying things very similar to what you did above. I'm sure you're keeping up just fine, Tony.
Consider it an experiment to see whether you even notice. If you do, I'll owe you a coffee. There'll be some greasy containers, too.