Paul Sr is a nucklehead, typical of small one man operations. I knew a guy made himself rich, he said he hired the best he could and listened to them. Paul Sr isn’t that type. It’s his way or the highway, consequentially no one of independent stripe and willing to work hard and take on responsibility will work for him. Thus his business can’t grow because he can not do it all himself, and does not and can not in one person know everything.
That which brought him to prominence, his attitude( in a clownish way ) will destroy him.
I’ve heard this about Paul Sr. Before OCC when he just had the fabricating business in nearby Rock Tavern he was the same way. In all fairness, he’s forgotten more than most people would ever know about metalwork, but the guy always had a reputation for being a hothead.