"That's the theory, but I have to judge by the results, which in most cases were not better. The Columbia board's report was critical of FBC, too. Saying that FBC didn't work because NASA management didn't do it right is somewhat akin to saying that communism didn't work because the Soviets and Chinese didn't do it right. I'll bet that wouldn't sit well with you, eh? "

Nope, I agree with it. But I would go further, not only didn't management do it right, they didn't have a clue what FBC was [or perhaps some knew something vaguely about it & saw it as a threat to their "lifestyle"]. I'm not even sure Goldin knew what FBC was- a scary thought considering the amount of time and effort he spent on the topic:)
Oh, and, the thought of "trying" to make FBC "work" on the operation of the Shuttle makes my head hurt- but I can easily say that the shuttle operations wasn't an example of FBC.
And it seems to me attempting FBC on Shuttle operation as a whole would be akin to attempted mass murder. Projects within the Shuttle program might be done FBC but even this is hard to imagine. The Shuttle program took a fairly complicated vehicle, and added a bureaucratic complexity requiring paperwork in spades. The fact that the Shuttle doesn't blow up on every launch indicates to me, that NASA has some very good bureaucrats working on the Shuttle program- loses those talented bureaucrats and that bird won't fly [unless you want to start from a clean sheet of paper and build a completely new system of operating the Shuttle which starts with an emphasis on trying to reduce complexity- might be easier and cheaper to scrap the Shuttle and build Shuttle II with this idea built in the basic design of the vehicle].
Now, that's opinion:)