It's a smart move on the club giving him a new contract but as a back up. I remember a few years ago when Jags was captain and everyone wanted Seamus as Captain because he was passionate, now as usual the captain hindsight brigade are saying he's not a good captain because he isn't Roy Keane but then we like to turn on players who have been good servants of the club when they start to decline.
You need good honest pros around the club, people who get the club, which Seamus does, he has to give those daft rallying calls but it's not his job to get the players motivated, if the managers can't do it, what chance has a player with an armband?