I would argue you shouldn’t always prevail in your field if your academics are outstanding. For example consider the paper-approval scandal in computer science

I would argue you shouldn’t always prevail in your field if your academics are outstanding. For example consider the paper-approval scandal in computer science a few years ago, leading to the suicide of a phd student. All those professors involved are outstanding on paper, and I don’t think any of them should prevail. Similarly if an otherwise outstanding academic drives a student to suicide they need to gtfo academia.