The “goat” ?????? The guy is a loser !!!!!! Even more when he gained those powers and still was a little bit#h when the bully came into play.
Don't mess with us, Jake Fans, we are two!!
About that, i think you forgot one thing: Character development. Yes, he was a loser, but so was basically Deryl and our MC when That-bully-i-forgot-the-name entered. It's part of his character begin as a weak fodder and grow in mind, body and maturity, even more respectable to do so when Mia got hurt by his own errors. In the end, Jake noticed all the things, and has grow to such point that almost killed MC and Deryl by himself just to fix his mistakes, fully accepting his death when defeated.
I hate to remind you that the mc was not a bitch or a coward for that matter neither before or after the transformation. I also assume that you know that with the correct choices you can defeat one of the guys that were messing with Ella at the beginning of the game when you were just a punny normal “human”. The guy was also much bigger and probably more strong that the mc at the time. Even if the others would had beat you senseless without Ella’s help. You are already more man than loser Jake who let a bully hit his childhood friend and did nothing because he was too scarred !!!!