What happened to Pat is what very rep should fear. Hospital system where the majority of his business was had a major cost cutting initiative along the lines of 30-40 percent. His main docs seemingly were devouted to Depuy so he became expendable. The distributor could make up some of the price hit from the hospital by letting Pat go and giving his junior rep the account. Time will tell if it was a smart move or if he cam convert some of his old business