I ain't a fan of either Atkins or Schneider and wanted both gone. Before the unfortunate Shapiro presser which confirmed that this organization values people who throw the people they work with under the bus, I had said IMO Shapiro should fire both Atkins and Schneider (who proved himself to be a beta that is okay with getting thrown under the bus), promote World Series winning GM James Click to take Atkins' place, and let Click decide who he wants his Schneider replacement to be.
Unfortunate things didn't play out this way, but a silver lining is, at least Shatkins' snake-like nature produced a public calling out of the replacement level DH Vlad Jr. I also straight up loved how they played hardball with Manoah's whining (Atkins basically said f*** your fake injuries fatass you don't deserve major league pay on IL).