Lol. I've been one of Shapiro's biggest critics on the boards.
Rogers implemented the 5 year max contact policy after Vernon Wells went so badly.
Rogers cut Ricciardi legs out from under him and vetoed at least a couple of moves he wanted to make, before they ended up canning him (and I didn't like Ricciardi either).
Rogers wouldn't give AA the go ahead to sign (I think it was Edwin Jackson) years ago, and that's when he was forced to start asking other players to defer money so he could scrape up enough to sign him. Didn't work.
They've interfered with their GMs in the past. I'm sure there are other examples I'm forgetting about.