He did a fourth thing that's just as important - facing the cameras, he gave one of the most cringe worthy performances I've ever seen. If that had been an audition to be the face of a billion dollar corporation, he wouldn't even get 10 seconds into the performance before they'd yell "cut, next". He had to know this was his most important interview ever and he completely bombed.
Funny, on the radio today one guy said that he was so obviously coached in what to say and the other guy laughed and said it was so obvious he wasn't.
I'm guessing he was coached (I mean how could he not be) and he's I dunno, not coachable I guess. If he had hit that interview out of the park, exuded humility, regret and made us believe that this would never happen again he could have possibly still salvaged this but he failed miserably and took himself out of the running.
Maybe he'll mature and grow and be capable of doing a passable job as captain some day. As of today though, he's clearly nowhere close.
JMHO.
I get what you're saying and maybe you're right, don't make him captain means losing him down the road. On the other hand, if he's that immature maybe we're better off without him? And hard to see how making the guy captain out of fear of losing him could possibly be right.
He showed yesterday that he can not perform in front of cameras with grace under pressure. That's most of the job so that disqualifies him.
Aha, the silver lining.
The boys band together in the face of adversity!
Man what a cluster **** all this is.