The dude is his best friend and it was pretty gruesome, apparently. Stroud pretty much realized Dell's career might be over, and he's not wrong. Everybody processes stuff differently, and who are we to judge how someone deals with an injury to that to a close friend.
This "macho" crap is absolutely stupid. Let people process how they process. Everybody deals with stuff differently, and the world would be in a better spot if we didn't ridicule others for how they deal with things.
A little kindness, especially this time of year, would be a better way to look at things.