From that episode, it is clear that Naomasa either held grudges easily about what people said about him, or he was a person who hated to lose ('II Nenpu' (The Chronological List of Main Events of the Ii clan)).
このことから、直政は人に言われたことをすぐ根に持つタイプ、すなわち負けず嫌いであったということが分かる（「井伊年譜」）。