Soething bugged me about Coach vs. JR

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If Coach could pick any match he wanted why didn't he just pick a 5 on 1 Handicap match to ensure victory? Have him Team up with Al Snow, Jericho, Christian, and Bischoff. Then they could all beat the hell out of Jim Ross and Coach could pin him. Oh wait that would make sense....besides Austin would just come out and stun everybody before stacking them in a big pile and throwing JR on top....

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I can see how that works.... "No!! Jericho took out Goldberg with a chair!! That was uncalled for! Even if we like him!"

I assume that was sarcasm.

 

There's a difference between a grown man attacking another grown man from behind and an (over)grown man giving a belly-to-belly suplex to a 115 pound defenseless female.

 

That's not to say I agree with them portraying male on female violence. I think it screams lack of creativity on the writers' part. They've gone to that well WAY too much recently.

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I wasn't that sarcastic. I do see your point, but I doubt its why they do it.

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I loved Austin getting in the ring with "I got me a ticket."...what was to keep everyone else from going "so that's all you need to get in the ring?"

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Something bugged me about Coach vs. JR

 

Something tells me this feud is far from over.

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I dont doubt it. I'm sure we will hear something from Bisch next week.

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If Coach could pick any match he wanted why didn't he just pick a 5 on 1 Handicap match to ensure victory?

Because Coach should be able to beat a 50-something fat, out-of-shape hick?

 

Because it wouldn't have provided the chance for the visual of JR whipping Coach?

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I wonder if Snow vs Coach is in the works

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Something bugged me about Coach vs. JR

 

Something tells me this feud is far from over.

I was bugged that the stupid fans cheered on JR instead of sitting on their hands for that bullshit.

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Surely Al Snow and the Coach aren’t really the “heel” announcers? Everyone has been complaining that they were disgusted by Scott Steiner attacking a woman and that, as heels, they should have cheered him. Well, on closer inspection, it becomes obvious that they aren’t heels, but normal people, who would be disgusted at Steiner’s actions. Look at the faces they are opposed to..

 

JR and the King: They hate these two for the reason that JR and the King prevent them from ever advancing in their career. Every time Coach and Al get a chance, they are held back by these two, normally because JR is good friends with the boss. That’s not heel anger, that’s a normal reaction to being held back by 2 past-it cronies

 

Stone Cold: They hate him because he wont give them a fair chance to advance in their careers, preferring to stay with his suck-up friend JR. again, a normal reaction.

 

Shane McMahon: Coach attacked him for his beating of Eric Bischoff, the only man with faith in his abilities. How can loyalty be considered heelish.

 

Now look at the heels they are alligned with…

 

Eric Bischoff: The only man willing to give them a break, who has gone on record as saying he respects Coach’s work and who wants to remove the senile JR from the booth. Of course any normal person would feel loyalty towards Bischoff

 

Chris Jericho: The man who gave them a break by taking out JR for them and another person who hates Stone Cold, and is powerful enough to defend them from possible beatings. Again, perfectly normal to like Y2J

 

Therefore, Coach and Al really are just normal people who want to advance their careers, in spite of the obstacles in their way. Being normal, they would be shocked at the actions of a heel like Steiner, not start cheering him.

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I was with you up until Bischoff.

 

The story RAW has been running with is that Bischoff has ALWAYS had it out for JR. It dates back to their WCW days when Bischoff fired JR. Granted, the writers haven't really been harping on this point all that much, but it's still there. One can not really expect the fans to cheer for a smarmy asshole who seemingly has no legitimate reason for his crusade to get rid of JR.

 

Thus, purely by association, Coach and Al Snow are heels.

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Bisch is really quite a sympathetic character though, due to his constant humiliations. I think that negates some of the smarmy asshole-ishness.

 

It's definately easier to empathize with Coach/Bisch than JR/Austin. Coach turning actually made perfect sense, which is pretty weird for WWE.