Thread: J.R. almost quits last night
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Old 06-26-2008, 09:39 AM   #115
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Originally Posted by Team Sheep View Post
He is under contract for WWE. They tell him what to do and as an employee you do as you're told quite frankly. If not then leave. No need to threaten it like your royalty, just do it if you're serious. I just hate how JR wants so much sympathy from this. It's clearly showingnow that he thought him and Lawler were untouchable at the Raw announce team. Now he's being put in his place.

To be honest, if you run a business why would you give a fuck about 'being nice and curteous'. I'm sure Vince doesn't give a fuck about how JR feels, and I wouldn't either. I doubt Vince would lose much sleep if JR did quit, that's why he wasn't afraid to make the decision to draft him on Monday. If you're told in your company to do something, just do it. If your company makes a decision that they think is good for business, you should just respect it and get on with it.
That's pretty much it. JR may be a legend, but right now, he is a crappy play-by-play commentator, in my opinion. If he wanted to stay on RAW, he and King should have put on commentary that was a little more compelling than they had.

I don't even think his move to SmackDown! is a demotion. He's there with Triple H and Maria (hey, she's the hottest Diva in the WWE at the moment) to help get some major attention for the show, and to turn it around. In some ways, the move could be interpreted as a major sign of respect to JR's following as an announcer (not so much his current abilities).

Besides, the WWE has more commentators than it knows what to do with. Not being used by the WWE at the moment: Joey Styles, Josh Mathews, Todd Grisham and Jack Korpela. Joey Styles is Joey fucking Styles, if need be. Mathews can do color commentary and play-by-play, and is the WWE's most underused resource, Jack Korpela does his research extraordinarily well, and Todd Grisham has improved a lot. JR isn't needed. I don't fault Vince at all for making this move. JR needs the WWE a lot more than the WWE needs him.
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