Yes, he appears not to have enjoyed the governance part of the job. And, as Desdemona pointed out, it seemed that he waited for attrition to take care of the problems.
However, in the 25 years or so that it has taken (and alas, with the Mahonys and Skylsteds of this world still around and in power, it's not over yet), the Church has been seriously damaged, and I attribute much of that to the hands-off attitude of this pope. Perhaps he was afraid of meeting the fate of JPI, which was probably a valid concern.
But when one considers all of the faith (and even lives) lost during this period because of the failure to remove heterodox bishops, priests and heads of religious orders, defend orthodox doctrine and practice with something other than ambiguous words, and enforce Catholic support for Catholic policies in the public arena, I think he's going to have a lot to answer for. Obviously, it's up to God to judge and I'm sure there are things I don't know about that enter into this.
But looking at the ruin that the collapse of the Catholic Church brought to the lives of many people I have known over the years, including family members, I have to say that it looks as though the sheep were not very well defended from the wolf.
In the end and with as much Charity as is possible, I have to agree. I would bet everything I own though, that he realizes this, and it preys upon his conscience. It's impossible for him not to see it. Especially as illness has laid him low, and given him plenty of time to reflect upon the whole of his Pontificate, both the bare and the sublime.
And, I wonder, if he reflects upon any acutal exommunications he meted out, as he reflects upon the Mahoneys of the Church, and the blaspheming of the Holy Spirit in that Cleveland Diocese insignia, if he asks himself, were my excommunications just?