I don't think someone who takes hard core rager stance after leader should have been okay with using healing weapon/ring/sleeves as lowbie.
I don't think a leader should require 2 recommendations when the cabal is at such a low point that there are only 3 players said recommendations could come from who hadn't been seen in 4 weeks during my play time.
I don't think a leader should intentionally make up a reason and tell an applicant they will never be in that cabal for said reason with both parties knowing it's a lie but the leader wanting to make the applicant feel 'loss'.
If I play CF to relax and unwind and I only have 30 minutes a day, and I spend 4 weeks at level 15 trying to get a mage kill because there are only 6 players on when I'm playing and none are ever lowbie mages...I am really gonna resent a leader that does the above.