Networking has always been a matter of grave concern. The stakeholders are always interested in looking out of cheaper, more efficient and more sustainable ways of performing networking operations. Manhandling of networking resources result in poor and disgruntled performance. Each unit of the network has to work in tandem and in continuity. Weaker links can certainly pose many problems. A train will derail once any unit of its carriages is weak enough to sustain the pressure, it will break away from the rest and the operation will halt.
This is exactly the same with networking, a chain of command is necessary with a set pattern.