95% of the time someone attempts to bury or denigrate the reputation of another professional like that, it does more to damage their own reputation. The issue a

95% of the time someone attempts to bury or denigrate the reputation of another professional like that, it does more to damage their own reputation. The issue at hand is almost always as you quoted something relatively small and meaningless or at least related to context completely unknown to the audience. It only serves to advertise "I think I am bigly enough to talk crap about my former subordinates, so you should be very careful about working with me."