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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 440002" data-attributes="member: 40536">It is a little complicated.When Jock was there to oversee him, JR did seem to grow Ewing Oil, so it can be said that he was a good businessman then.The Asian wells was a gamble that worked, at least for a while.&nbsp; It is not unusual for businessmen to take similar risks.Sometimes it works, sometimes not..&nbsp; The problem is that it could have destroyed EO if it failed.I never cared for the battle for Ewing Oil in general, because it was too unrealistic in the real world.Even losing to Bobby, JR did accumulate lots of profit.Co-owning with Bobby probably prevented JR from doing something too high risk until Calhoun.Yes there was a failure of due diligence during the Jason Ewing story, but both Bobby and JR failed that time.JR&#039;s business acumen seemed to decline starting with Calhoun.&nbsp; That was not an Asian Wells calculated risk, that was just horrible judgement.&nbsp; JR did regain the Assets from Wendell (after he lost EO, granted)That may have been his last great victorySo maybe the final result is mixed, with both success and failure, probably with more success in the earlier years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 440002, member: 40536"] It is a little complicated. When Jock was there to oversee him, JR did seem to grow Ewing Oil, so it can be said that he was a good businessman then. The Asian wells was a gamble that worked, at least for a while. It is not unusual for businessmen to take similar risks. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.. The problem is that it could have destroyed EO if it failed. I never cared for the battle for Ewing Oil in general, because it was too unrealistic in the real world. Even losing to Bobby, JR did accumulate lots of profit. Co-owning with Bobby probably prevented JR from doing something too high risk until Calhoun. Yes there was a failure of due diligence during the Jason Ewing story, but both Bobby and JR failed that time. JR's business acumen seemed to decline starting with Calhoun. That was not an Asian Wells calculated risk, that was just horrible judgement. JR did regain the Assets from Wendell (after he lost EO, granted) That may have been his last great victory So maybe the final result is mixed, with both success and failure, probably with more success in the earlier years. [/QUOTE]

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