From my standpoint , when you initially said rushed, I was ready to disagree because Im a water seeks its own level believer, and I think a lot of time - people tend to not want to blame prospects who they like so they blame organizational decisions - and let the prospect themself off the hook
But then when you elaborated, and clarified that you werent necessarily saying that KC would have all these built in excuses going forward and you merely meant that he wasnt ready (as opposed to pointing to long term damage), I had no problem with you saying rushed.
He may have stunk because he was rushed last year, but if he still stinks 3 years from now, it wont be becasue he was rushed at one point in his career. And if calling him up and giving him a chance a bit too early haunts him going forward because of like long term confidence issues, then the dude was too mentally soft to begin with (but I dont think thats going to be the case)