He might as well be dead. We extend the win-lose motif now to all we encounter. Not like us, society's winners. Losers are said to make excuses for their failures by blaming bad breaks and injuries. Losers don't work as hard, aren't as dedicated to success, and probably aren't as bright.
Losers are gutless, lazy and afraid of success.
Losers may even be a bit out of God's favor. But consider this. Concordia's football team was 9-2 last fall and was clearly full of winners. This spring's losing baseball team is filled with a lot of players from that same football team. Or take the losing Cobber softball team.