Being held high on descent is almost a daily occurrence and even something which could have been anticipated given minimum safe altitudes. Getting the aircraft back on profile should be a walk in the park for any professional pilot experienced on the type.
Instead of taking steps to get the aircraft back on profile the Captain put the blame on ATC for holding them high.
I don't actually blame the crew directly for this accident but the regulatory and training (or perhaps I should say lack of) systems which allowed them to get into this situation.