I think we would have won two additional games starting him the entire season. Whatever the payout of those final results would have been, monetary or experience gains, I would have taken it. So yes.
Just opinion but it looked like he was referencing the scoreboard during the pep talk to say
“we could beat them by 100 points,, dummass” “of course coach took us out of the game” “shut your whining azz up, I’ll get you next time”