I think it's far too kind to the captain to point to the critical errors made by the FO from short finals on the first approach as somehow absolving the captain of primary responsibility. The way the captain directed the aircraft to be operated was so far outside the FO's training and experience that it seems to have overwhelmed him. Another "old school" captain in the right hand seat, or a test pilot, or even just someone versed in single pilot ops might have been able to draw upon instinctive prioritisation and survival skills - SOP be damned - but a child of the magenta line is not equipped to operate like that. That's not his/their fault. The captain pushed the aircraft beyond its limits, and he pushed the FO beyond his limits from the point at which he overrode the FO's final suggestion of an orbit.