Wallenstein

The Catholic princes allied to Ferdinand II pressured him to remove Wallenstein from command of the imperial forces. So rather than removing him from command we have Wallenstein admitted to the Aulic Council or demoted to be second in command after Ferdinand of Hungary (III). How does this slight alteration possibly affect the course of the 30 Year's war?
 
The Catholic princes allied to Ferdinand II pressured him to remove Wallenstein from command of the imperial forces. So rather than removing him from command we have Wallenstein admitted to the Aulic Council or demoted to be second in command after Ferdinand of Hungary (III). How does this slight alteration possibly affect the course of the 30 Year's war?

About when do you see this happening?
 
I've been racking my brains to try & figure
out how this could have changed the TYW
beyond what happened IOTL- but I have to
come up with the answer- not much. Even
with Wallenstein relegated to the sidelines,
the Protestant cause in Germany would have
been so dire- & the pickings there so temp-
ting- that Gustauvs Adolphus would have
come crashing into the picture, just as he
did IOTL. Ferdinand would have no choice
then but to recall Wallenstein(unless he had
the spectacular good luck of having GA killed
in battle earlier than it happened IOTL). In
short, this demotion would have been but a
little speed-bump in Wallenstein's career.
 
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I've been racking my brains to try & figure
out how this could have changed the TYW
beyond what happened IOTL- but I have to
come up with the answer- not much. Even
with Wallenstein relegated to the sidelines,
the Protestant cause in Germany would have
been so dire- & the pickings there so temp-
ting- that Gustauvs Adolphus would have
come crashing into the picture, just as he
did IOTL. Ferdinand would have no choice
then but to recall Wallenstein(unless he had
the spectacular good luck of having GA killed
in battle earlier than it happened IOTL). In
short, this demotion would have been but a
little speed-bump in Wallenstein's career.

Thank you, i was thinking maybe if he was second in command he could play a role in advising Ferdinand in battle leading to better performance by the imperial Habsburgs. Wikipedia seems to imply that they had a possibly poor relationship but I was thinking it could be overcome if with Wallenstein's advice we mighy see more victories earlier on the Imperial side. Meanwhile the jealousies of the princes would be guarded agx a little by him being demoted.
 
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