KidColt wrote:
Well, if Shooter needed the job, I also think MOrt needed Jim's fresh take on the Legion. While Mort was exploiting that, he was also beating down Shooter's confidence to keep him from looking for work elsewhere. nice.

Let's not forget he was browbeating Cary Bates in the same way, playing Bates and Shooter off each other to get the desired effect of keeping both cowed.