Honestly the company was fucking angry over how few dates Goldberg wanted to work.
Yeah they messed up the Goldberg character by trying to give him a character but they did an ok job pushing him compared to say Booker T getting told "Who are you?".
They needed him to work more dates and he said no because of his contract despite making max money under their pay structure.
I think Goldberg was bitter over how much less money he was making compared to WCW. Vince didn't want to pay anyone and he sure as hell wasn't going to give any creative control after Montreal.
I think HHH is willing to rework any relationship as long as the person loved wrestling (or was his close friend), Bill is neither.
He just didn't like wrestling. I think Bill feels differently now because he has a kid and maybe he sees it from a viewer now.
I think things could repair between the two side since Bill is working with PodcastOne who also host Austin's, JRs, and Y2J's podcast.