Frankly they could've removed Captain Crozier without the Navy Secretary trashing him too. It would've looked bad no matter what, but that didn't really help.
A much more sensible way to resolve it that would still make clear the rebuke without pissing the navy and crew off too much would've been to relieve him of command and then wait for him at the pier with his new orders. Because, you know, there's a quarantine facility at Guam that needs construction and administration and the captain both seems to be a good fit to lead that facility and has just become available for a new command.
A much more sensible way to resolve it that would still make clear the rebuke without pissing the navy and crew off too much would've been to relieve him of command and then wait for him at the pier with his new orders. Because, you know, there's a quarantine facility at Guam that needs construction and administration and the captain both seems to be a good fit to lead that facility and has just become available for a new command.