Did you weigh in the fact that he took upon himself to do literally zero training on his own to prepare for the season?? He was way out of shape and needed a month of work before even getting near game ready. This isn't 1980 where you can show up and talent alone gets it done, we live in a age where all the guys are on top of their stuff and ready.
He could of visited the gym once or twice instead of mighty taco everyday. Accountants that come to work without their pencils and ask for triple their pay because they did a great job the previous tax season don't get paid the extra coin, so why should he be rewarded for being a out of shape A-hole??