He's putting his personal life before this team. Its much more important then this team so I don't blame him. This team is going to be here with or without him. He needs to get his life together before he thinks about football.
That's a bit of a silly statement. Every player has the same "life" outside of football. What they do with it is up to each individual player.
Life can throw a player challenges, like Fred Beard. There was nothing he could do to prevent his health issue and he deserves a pass. He is someone who deserves our collective sympathy and good wishes.
Irving's problems are largely self created. He has certainly had some challenges like injuries which are unavoidable. But the crazy ex, and the suspensions are his own doing.
He doesn't deserve any pass for that from the fans. We can have compassion and good will towards him, but he doesn't really deserve any sympathy, or empathy for the piss poor choices he has made which is pissing off his career and is hindering his team.
You can give him a pass if you want. But quite honestly he doesn't deserve one.