Below deck Mediterranean Season 9 Joe Bradley is promoted to deckhand quickly during the start of the charter season, and his performance Caused the entire exterior team to struggle, making him the worst lead in below deck History. throughout Below deck Mediterranean In season 9, there were some questionable performances from many of the crew members. While boss Johnathan Shillingford struggled so much throughout the season that he was accused of facing his poor performance, Bosun Iain MacLean made some crucial mistakes early on and seemed to bounce back. Lead Deckhand Joe was an exception.
Although there have been poor performances around the Mustique crew, Joe’s issues have been a slow burn throughout the season. Initially promoted to Lead Deckhand by Iain after the first charter, Joe’s yachting experience brought him to the job, but it quickly became clear that he was not ready for the responsibility of his role. With errors throughout the charter season, Joe was more focused on his relationships with Steves Eli Dubach, Bree Mueller, and most recently Kerry O’Neill while aboard Mustique. In paying attention to his personal attachments, Joe gave the worst performance on the deck team.
Joe is named lead deckhand without Captain Sandy’s blessing
She wanted a different lead deck
Although Joe was named Lead Deckhand early in the charter seasonBosun Iain made a mistake in deciding who he had chosen to be his second-in-command without Captain Sandy Yawn’s blessing. Typically, the heads of each department get to choose who they will appoint as second-in-command. For the interior team, Chief Steve Aesha Scott chose Ali, and for the exterior team, Iain chose Joe.
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While Ali and Joe are both decent choices, Captain Sandy approves of Aesha’s decision, but only hears about Iain’s after the fact. When Captain Sandy learns that Joe has been named lead deckhand, she is not happy. She felt it Joe’s work on the deck was not exceptionalAnd although he had the experience with him, Nathan Gallagher would have been her choice for the lead position. Iain was apologetic, but had already chosen Joe and couldn’t move his team after the fact.
Joe’s performance was decent at best
He is doing well enough to get by
While below decks Joe was doing a decent job during his time on Mustique, his work was decent at best. He made some extreme mistakes during his time as Lead Deckhand, and had to rely on Nathan and Gael Cameron, his fellow Deckhands, more than he should as second-in-command. Although the majority of criticism from the exterior team was directed at Iain, Joe has been doing a poor job at times too. With skills on paper rather than in practice, it’s clear that Joe needs more training to be the best deckhand possible.
Joe angered the rest of the exterior team
In the latest episode of Below deck Mediterranean, Joe raised the ire of the rest of the exterior team by calling Gael a princess And treats her like a lower-ranking team member than she is. Gael didn’t hesitate to tell Joe that he was out of line. Nathan, who has been in a boat with Gael this season, was also apologetic about the way he was placed in the middle, with the blame falling on Joe for commenting. On Gael’s work. anger the rest of his team, Below deck MediterraneanS Joe has irritated his entire team.
Below deck Mediterranean Airs Mondays at 9pm EDT on Bravo.
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