I think he's a twat who knew what he was getting into. He's also the victim of a system out for his blood.
You cannot really mitigate calling him a twat that way. "Twat" literally means "vagina", and tends to be used as a perjorative to describe someone who is submissive, weak, lacking courage and/or lacking wisdom, and yet over-confident (which is, in addition, shall we say rather a short-sighted way of regarding the many facets of the wondrous organ we may refer to with a little more affection as the pussy)
It's somewhat ironic that you yourself often display behaviour and attitudes that are submissive and bereft of courage, and yet still over-confident (although seemingly founded on a selfish form of wisdom). Notice how I'm telling you what you are without feeling the need to use perjorative language to do so.
Ross may have been short-sighted, but he had the courage to try to change the world, and will always be remembered for doing so.
Nobodies die. Somebodies live