Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-13895380-20161123045622/@comment-25176701-20161127011637

Corey may not have succeeded at protecting Mason, but he hid Mason with the intent to do so. Corey didn't know Scott and Liam that well, so he couldn't have known they wouldn't hurt Mason. If it came down to choosing to save the whole pack or just Mason, how could Corey have known that Scott wouldn't kill Mason, knowing he was Sebastian, to protect his own pack? Leaders need to make difficult and selfless decisions and sacrifice the few to save the many... You could see how terrified Corey was when he realized Scott and Liam found out about Mason. He wasn't aware that Scott's the type of leader who "saves everyone" instead of choosing to save a whole group over one person.

I guess you're right about the strength, but last time Corey used it (on Parrish) he got his ass handed to him. That diminished his confidence by a lot and he even wanted to leave BH because he felt weak and useless. He told Mason (in the locker room) he couldn't help them because he "wasn't like them".

However, you stated several instances where Corey caused more trouble than help... So that only strengthens the argument that he wouldn't have been useful in the fight against Sebastian. He was strong but not strong enough, he hadn't learned the proper fighting skills yet, he acted on emotion instead of rational thought, and he hadn't learned to control his abilities (i.e. not being detected while invisible).