I liked him for the amusing non sports interest stories I'd hear driving into my late morning start at work. Dude has big brane and the wiring, while not perfect, could be very entertaining. Some didn't like the fact that he's aware of that. His job is to be entertaining, interesting and judiciously controversial. As long as their sport takes aren't mostly bad, they good.
I'm sorry to see him go but that tweet was a step to far. Could have used a thicker skin and probably will have that in the future.