NO i dont think it would be stupid.

it may be less that logical and effective in telling us what we want to know. But i do think that if they went that route, they would have done so to evoke more sympathy for Desmond. So we all feel it was his fault for a while... thenw when hes about to take on patchy.. we find out he wasn't responsible and That fills him with energy to sucessfully overtake patchy.

just one way it could pan out.