I understand the argument that most people don't implement Agile as it was intended, but I don't think it is an enabler of bad management practices any more than what would be implemented in it's place if you remove the Stand-ups and Backlogs. It's like what they say about Democracy being the worst system of government except for all the rest. Brittle teams who are not in it together with each other are going to be hard work whatever the organizational structure. The fact that situation is so normal is not the fault of Agile.
