As bad as it was, at least he took the responsibility. We were in a bad run at the time and everyone else scarpered.
Maybe he doesn't delude himself about being released but there are ways and means of going about it. Campbell (whilst on loan) came across as quite arrogant but later this appeared to be a front and was perhaps an attempt to compensate for a basic lack of confidence. I imagine there are plenty of blokes working in football who have little sympathy for such a mentality, and wouldn't be surprised if DJ was one of them.