The Young and the Restless: Newman Security Review, Why Victor’s "Elite" Team Couldn't Track an Elephant in the Snow

On Monday, January 5, 2026, we were supposed to be impressed by Newman Security on The Young and the Restless. The "team" used a drone! They tracked Matt Clark! They stormed a motel parking lot!

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If you are looking for a job in Genoa City that requires zero experience, no peripheral vision, and the tactical awareness of a stunned mullet, look no further than the Newman Security Team.

But let’s be real: calling this crew "security" is like calling a vending machine a gourmet chef. Sure, they technically rescued Sienna (Tamara Braun), but the fact that Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) is currently driving a sociopath around in his personal sedan—instead of said sociopath being shackled in the back of an armored van—proves one thing: Newman Security is less "Secret Service" and more "Mall Cop Recruitment Rejects."

The Ian Ward & Aunt Jordan Fiasco

We cannot discuss the current ineptitude without revisiting the absolute clown show that was the Ian Ward (Ray Wise) and Aunt Jordan (Colleen Zenk) saga. Remember that? The vaunted Newman security detail, men presumably paid six figures to protect the most powerful family in the Midwest, allowed Ian Ward—a literal geriatric cult leader—to disarm them.

Let me repeat that for the people in the back: An old man, whose primary weapon should be a strongly worded pamphlet, managed to get the drop on a team of armed guards and turn a gun on the Newman family. It was humiliating. It was farce. It was the moment we realized that Victor’s (Eric Braeden) "elite" team couldn't track an elephant on snow if it was wearing neon boots and playing a tuba.

During that reign of terror, Aunt Jordan and Ian Ward moved around Genoa City with the visibility of a Mardi Gras float, yet the security team treated them like ninjas. They camped out in motels, visited local establishments, and probably took selfies in front of Newman Tower, all while the security team stood around adjusting their earpieces and looking sternly at empty bushes.

A History of incompetence

This isn't a new problem. This is a legacy. The Newman Security Team has a long, storied history of being a pack of goats in suits. How many times have we seen a villain slip past the gate at the Ranch? At this point, the "gate" is just a suggestion. It’s decorative. You could wander in with a picnic basket and a vendetta, and the guards would probably ask if you needed directions to the main house.

Villains don’t just "get the upper hand" in Genoa City; they are practically handed a roadmap and a welcome basket. Whether it’s Cameron Kirsten (Linden Ashby) strolling into town, or Ashland Locke (Robert Newman) breaking into Victoria’s house, the pattern is always the same. Victor barks orders, the team nods solemnly, and then the villain walks right through the front door while the guards are presumably checking their horoscopes.

The Matt Clark Failure

Which brings us back to Matt Clark (Roger Howarth). Yes, they found him. Gold star for the drone operator. But the job of a security team is security. Securing the threat. Why on earth was Nick allowed to take Matt Clark into his own custody? A competent head of security would have said, "Mr. Newman, with all due respect, get in your car and go home. We have the prisoner."

Instead, they let Nick—a man whose emotions are currently running hotter than the coffee at Crimson Lights—load a dangerous criminal into the back seat of a luxury car. That is not a "plan gone awry." That is a dereliction of duty. If Nick Newman ends up in a ditch (or worse), the blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the guys who let him play transporter instead of doing their actual jobs.

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Victor Newman loves to talk about protecting his family on The Young and the Restless, but until he fires this current batch of rent-a-cops and hires someone who can actually spot a bad guy before he’s holding the family at gunpoint, the Newmans will remain the easiest targets in town.

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