Attitude vs Pedagogical Skill - Which is the Better Inspirer

Not too long ago I had an email from someone who was the director of a school where I worked in the early 90s..He had written and article on "Making Meaningful Moments in Kids' Lives". I emailed him asking for a copy. The premise of his article was that often the meaningful things teachers or administrators do are not the conscious pedagogical moves we make, but the caual and  'hidden curriculum' interactions we have with students. After thinking about this I added my idea that it is the attitude we bring to the classroom or school that is the greatest influence on how students learn to approach learning and life. The attitude effect is more significant than any content, no matter how skillfully we present it. (There is no debate that the proper marriage of the two is the art of teaching and the optimal desired approach.)
Now I'm reflecting on teachers I have known who had great attitudes, but had problems with management or organization. I can think of a few who struggled keeping a great attitude as they faced daily challenges of kids who were unruly and uncaring. This is causing me to rethink my view on attitude being a greater influence than pedagogical skill - but I'm going to be a little stubborn with this idea this afternoon. The teachers who have great attitude and weak skills still find a way to inspire some students who have come to class receptive to learning. With a poor attitude and great pedagogical skill you will manage a class well, but not be as effective at inspiring life changing learning.
On Thursdays I take a student who I individually teach for math the other 4 days of the week to the regular 8th grade math class. The math teacher just graduated (about 2 weeks ago) from engineering school. He is young and the students enjoy interacting with him, and he is genuinely positive about learning and what he is trying to teach. He had not had one day of pedagogical training nor a minute as a student teacher before he started here in August. Administration has not assigned him a mentor, nor (as far as I can tell) spent any time in assisting him in developing skills at management or planning. He has a great attitude, but it is being eroded by what he sees as the students' inability to cooperate with what he is trying to do. He has no alert for class attention before starting instruction, no clear behavioral expectations, no system of consequences that are consistently followed, no planning for students who finish assignments ahead of other students. Will he be inspiring and successful if his attitude is one that frequently erupts with comments about how the behavior and management problems are the fault of kids who "act like kindergarteners" - a phrase I have heard him use with the 8th graders in class.
Thursday I bought this topic up to him and offered to help.