The coach had routinely praised Sarge and former teammates like Pizarro had as well.
Yeah..bottom line, the statistical production is probably low relative to other starting 9s (at a guess). I do wonder how many chances he's actually getting relative to those stats and to other players. When I've watched WB, yuck. They didn't generate a lot of offense. And their best player was a MF who would take all the chances himself...never saw him look for teammates like Sarge or others when he got around the box.
If WB goes down, I don't know that there will be a lot of buyers for Sarge, regardless of any praise the previous coach had for him. I do hope he can stay up with the team or find another too flight squad in Germany or elsewhere. If he's going to progress, he needs to play against better players and teams.