> Just want to point out that nothing mentioned in your comment is "Scrum".

Oh, it was scrum, complete with an "Certified Advanced Scrum Master(tm)" certification.

>Sounds like this guy did a hacky job while calling it Scrum, and was not at all the right hire for your situation

I agree with this. It was the wrong hire, and the wrong way to manage our software development. It was terrible, and I'll never give scrum a second thought.