Yes. I'm a total fan of legacy, and of 'new' characters like Wally-as-Flash or Kyle or John-as-Green Lantern, but good grief, does every single legacy for Kent Nelson have to utterly suck, or what?
Sidelining or replacing an older established character is *already* a risky move, replacing them with someone that explicitly is terrible / incompetent at the job is *worse.* Give the damn helmet to Nommo/Dr. Mist or Madame Xanadu or something, if you must replace Kent.