Had no idea he worked at Destructoid/had a persona there. The random gym references were so odd, but it makes a lot more sense now.
But yeah, I remember even Jeff talking about how he learnt a lot about properly onboarding new people after Brad N. But, tbh, they could have even handled Patrick better too. It went from "We're just gong to have him on the odd Bombcast and go from there" to "He's a permanent fifth seat and in most QL's" within a month. He was still personally getting to know the rest of the GB crew and building a rapport at that stage, so it was almost like setting him up to fail. Not that the abuse he got was ever warranted, but I think a lot of it could have been avoided with better management.
Hopefully third time's a charm.
