I think it makes sense, but the comment of reviewing the ban list without further bans makes me concerned.
They don’t have a solid track history of handling bans well or timely in other formats. Also recently we had Nadu who was designed for the format that it was just banned in.
That’s rough bud.
Good on you for giving him some chances, but he got himself down that rabbit hole and he is the one that will have to pull himself out by the bootstraps that he loves so much.