Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres.
One of the best ways to measure leadership is to ask people who have served under leaders -- good and bad.
It's not enough to like the leader. Do you respect the leader? Does the leader make good decisions? If you were the leader, would you have your boss serve under you if the situation arose?
So we looked at the thoughts of some of the men who have played for Pat Murphy, both at Arizona State and in the Padres organization.