As is pointed out in the article I linked elsewhere in the comments he should’ve remembered what he said about responsibility when the Thresher happened.
You seem to harp on this every single time Rickover is brought up, but I'll make two points:
I can't find evidence of that call anywhere but your single cited source, and that source does not cite it.
He immediately completely overhauled procedures to prevent a reoccurrence of what they thought the most likely issue with the plant, if it did cause the sinking.
