I see all this Dirk talk and who's a better bassist, etc. Well, if you did some research, you'd find out that Dirk not getting along well with Brandon wasn't the only reason. Dirk brought nothing to the table. Sometimes he didn't show at practices. He didn't even write a lot of his bass lines. Mike did. Overall, he was just too lazy for the guys, and they got tired of it. So he was booted.