A good number of the pastors I know are terrible fundraisers. Most are great homilists and spiritual advisors, but have no clue on how to organize a bake sale.
I agree. I think many don''t particularly like that part of the job, which would generally be better done by a layperson with more practical experience in any case. However, the post VatII Church seems to expect them to do this while the laypeople to do the jobs formerly done by the priests.
Oddly enough, I do remember, way back when at the dawn of VatII, that there was talk of making the laity more responsible for the nuts and bolts of plant maintenance, etc. and freeing the priests to devote more time to spiritual tasks in growing parishes. Strange that it turned out almost the opposite.