Here is yet another person who doesn't understand that he is first and foremost hired to solve business problems, not to write software. It so happens that he writes software to solve these problems.
If it turns out that he actually creates further business problems (and by the content of the post, it certainly looks like it), then no matter how "elegant" or "brilliant" his code is, it's rational to let him go!
If it turns out that he actually creates further business problems (and by the content of the post, it certainly looks like it), then no matter how "elegant" or "brilliant" his code is, it's rational to let him go!