What's he "been through" (besides a year of training with piss-poor advice, of course)?
Don't get me wrong; the misleading and manipulation, I'm totally against it. You should see how "Collet" (oh brother) treat him like shit. Makes you wanna man slap him (her).
But hey, you're in motherfucking Long Island. You do the best you can over there.
My point is only that he said he would and he did. Period.
Would he be better playing hoops or do sprint swimming? Yes. Would he have a better chance of success doing abercombie and Fallus commercial? probably...