Sisi surpassing Nasser? Is this a joke?

"Mr. Sisi has surpassed even President Gamal Abdel Nasser in his ability to command the loyalty of the many fractious and quasi-independent institutions of the modern Egyptian state, Professor Fahmy said".  This must be a joke and then Kirkpatrick adds: "Nasser, whose military coup in 1952 set the template for Arab autocracy, never fully controlled his own army, historians say."  Now it is true that Nasser assigned the management of the army prior to 1967 to his buffoon comrade, `Abdul-Hakim `Amir.  But after 1967, Nasser sacked `Amir, who later killed himself, and the Army stood with Nasser. There was no mutiny. But to suggest that Sisi's control surpassed that of Nasser is ridiculous.