Quote Originally Posted by Nate Grey View Post
"Why did you leave Starfleet, Admiral?"

So he didn't take Kirk's advice after all.
In two ways as well. He let himself get promoted, and left starfleet.


Although I suppose with the promotion he could still command a fleet or something. Part of Kirk's problem is that he was pretty much given a desk position for the most part, the TWOK thing was kind of unintended, if nothing had happened it would've been a smooth ride with Spock in command, and of course in III and IV he was unauthorized. (in TMP he demoted himself, although it's a bit unclear how long he stayed in that role before the ship was given over to Spock and the Academy, since TWOK is set about a dozen years later. Although he might've been semi-retired for a bit as Generations hinted).