It's not baseless like. It might be being exaggerated somewhat but the facts are he's not of the caliber to be our starter and the current regime has decided to look to the future in terms of backups.
It's tragic and all that he spent the better part of his keeper years as backup to Seamus, and thank you Steve for your loyal service, but he hasn't "earned" the right to anything playing wise based on that. Play your best players not the ones you feel you "owe" because of tenure.