Being an admin and or a mod, depending on the type of community, can pretty much be the most unglamorous thing ever. It can suck you dry and make things very unfun, it also makes things get very serious. Depends on the person as well and how well they can balance themselves as a community member and a staff member, if you can do that well, you'll do fine.
I'm getting defensive because I find it very disrespectful for someone to tout someone else's abilities, when they've yet to give them a chance. I think its rude and uncalled for. Its no different than flaming in my book, I really don't think we should be disrespecting each other at that level.. at least not where people can see it. What you do on your own time is your own thing.