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I never kept up too closely with the Jeopardy situation, but my (limited) understanding was that the EP deliberately set Burton up to fail; giving him only one week (instead of the two weeks that other hosts were given) and making his week during the Olympics.
Only having one week instead of two meant that he was only actually filming for a day or two and likely didn't have a chance to really find his footing. And of course, being during the Olympics hurt his ratings.
Now, were those two issues the some cause of all of his problems? Probably not; but it definitely feels like they were never intending to give him the job.
As you said, though, it all worked out in the end anyways; and I'm hoping it all works out for Roy Wood Jr as well.