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Are The Players About To Toss Their Coach Out Of The Game?? Penultimate SURVIVOR!!
I am – Hercules!!
Jeff Probst continues to enjoy mocking beponytailed Benjamin J. Wade, 37, the nerdtastic self-described “dragonslayer” known to all loyal “Survivor” fans as “Coach.”
Wade, who bills himself as a natural leader (in addition to serving as the head women's soccer coach at Missouri’s Southwest Baptist University, he conducts California’s Susanville Symphony), appears to be fresh out of followers in the Tocantins.
His final minion, middle-school principal Debbie Beebe, defected from the Cult of Dragonslayer last episode, only to be voted off anyway.
Now all that stands between Wade and one million dollars are:
* Stunning Wisconsin hairdresser and fellow Timbura vet Erinn Lobdell, 26;
and the three surviving members of the Jalapao tribe:
* New York corporate consultant and Yale grad Stephen Fishbach, 29;
* Grammy-nominated NFL bride Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George, 37; and
* Alabama cattle rancher James “J.T.” Thomas, 24.
My money’s on the cattle rancher.
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Dude - that Mexican BArtender chick that was the first to go- That was stunning- this chick is a DOG- White People listen closely "Skinny does not mean sexy" Get it through your thick skulls! ( For the record Taj is a dog too! ) I might be the only person who is rooting for Coach...JT/ JP - is just a hick who follows whatever Moses ( or whatever that Jewish guys name is ) on every move.
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coach is either the world's biggest natural douchebag, or a created character on par with sascha baron cohen's borat. my favorite moment of the season thus far? coach telling his son, "guess what they call me here? dragonslayer!" hahahaha. NOBODY calls him "dragonslayer." he gave himself that nickname. awesome.
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Although it's a lot harder principle to apply at the start of the Biggest Loser.
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The guy is a freak who completely irritates my wife every time he opens his mouth to tell another tall-tale. I personally find the guy hilarious. I would hate his guts in real life but for a chronic liar he has lasted a LONG time on the show this year. It's also funny as hell that he says he never lies.
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I think that was his assistant coach not a actual relative. Which I think is even funnier about the guy!
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After every time JT shakes his hand, looks into his eyes, and promises him he is following Coach's orders, right before stabbing him in the back *again*, Coach keeps on believing him and worshipping him.
Hell, this past week, JT and the others convinced Coach's only ally to turn on him, just so JT can tell him he found out about Debbie's betrayal and that's why he convinced the others to vote her out. "I didn't betray you by voting for Debbie over Taj, Coach ol' buddy, I *saved* you." God, I hope he says that and that Coach falls for it. It's completely unnecessary, but evil and awesome.
And yeah, Coach's "loved one" was his assistant coach. A freakin' coworker--or ex-coworker, if Coach really was fired. -
When Debbie was voted off. Stephen did, because he can do math. Coach won immunity with the kid's birthday party toy maze challenge back when they voted off Sierra.
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Coach is a douche bag, Debbie is a Douche hose, and Tyson is a douche nozzle. Together they become a complete douche system.
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I love the fact that Sierra outlasted douche nozzle Tyson.
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they = me. haha That was hilarious. I hope Probst calls him on it at the reunion.
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And dressed like one too.Couch is one of the more memorable characters in awhile.Hes probably going home tonight but if I were JT or Steven I'd get rid of Taj or Erinn first.No one is going to give the "dragonslayer" a million dollars but they might be tempted with whichever girl ends up in the final three for various reasons.
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in the game. They enter the merge with 4 people against 6, and lose one alliance member to injury. Yet they are able to take advantage of the rift in the other tribe by playing both sides against each other. I love how Probst calls-out CoachCoach: "The Warrior Alliance taking the strongest players to the end and then pitting yourself against them"Probst: "And the first person you vote out is Brendan"Coach: "Brendan pitted himself against me"Probst: "Isn't that what you wanted?"
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I've enjoyed postgame videos of life at Ponderosa. They all seem to be more grownup than the African crew was. I've not found this season overall as compelling as many others, but there are great things. Three weeks ago, my wife say "I've figured it out. Coach reminds me of Gary Busey!" I laughed for 10 minutes.
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the girls -- the ones who start out at least semi-attractive, that is -- only get hotter as the show progresses. erin, for example, i didn't give a second thought to, until about midway through the season, when there was a totally gratuitous shot of her underfed belly. wow, was it hot. yeah, it's sick and shallow to find such things attractive, but i can't help it. the girls just get more and more hot as they continue starving. just wait until sunday's finale, though. erinn will look like merely an approximation of the erinn we now see on the show -- probably with her hair did and a shitload of tacky makeup on. and no cute glasses.
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Sierra actually got cuter as time went on. I'm not really fond of skinny chicks, but she worked her aesthetic. I hope Probst calls Coach on the Sierra/Debbie/Coach blowup. I rewound the TiVo and Sierra was absolutely right.
I'm probably a bit shallow with Erinn. The giant hair makes her look like Ronon Dex from Stargate: Atlantis. Guess I'm rooting for either Cowboy or Stephen. And if coach could wiu? That would restore faith in Bizarro-world. -
Why do people like him? He blackmailed a lot of people.
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In a lot of ways Stephen is the underdog. When he won the immunity last week you could see how surprised and happy he was, even HE didn't believe he was going to win an idol on the show. You're right about him backstabbing, but I think people are so used to that now that we accept that it's part of the game. He also comes off as being incredibly likable, even when he's blackmailing people. There's just something about him taking out all of these big strong players that makes me smile.
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even Taj, and they've blackmailed just about everyone.
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longer in control of the game. When was he ever? Because his old tribe was split between him, Tyson, and Debbie on one side, and Brendan & Sierra on the other, with Erin on her own, Stephen, JT & Taj have since the merge been in control of the game. Stephen & JT have simply allowed him his delusion that he is in control. Taj is right, Coach is a drama queen.
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tonight.Waiting on the wife to watch.Anyone else watching the new alaska experiment on discovery channel?It seems people need that million dollar prize to really want to survive to the end.
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Tired of his overblown theatrical antics. Looks like the "dragonslayer" was slain.
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He fucked over every single person on the Jury! If he had a brain he'd toss Erin and then let things move forward- He definelty lost Coach and Debbie- The chicks that are left are useless so it looks like its JT's to win. JT comes out smelling like a rose in the end
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But decided to watch it tonight, and every time I saw coach all I could think of was Robert Carlyle in Ravenous.
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May 14, 2009 11:39:30 PM CDT
This season has had some of the worst players ever.
by flim springfield
They've let JT and Stephen just walk to the final.
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He thinks he's the most awesome person ever!! And I second the Erin is hot idea....look at that tight beautiful tummy!!! Hopefully she'll keep the cute glasses look.
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jaj vIghaj!
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I like the cute blond chicks that remind me of Drew Barrymore. I just wish that J.T. gave coach his necklace taken the warrior alliance to the end, betraying the girls. I also wish coach would have formed an alliance with Sierra and J.T. I think he was way too hard on her when he could have found a great ally, that was way stupid.
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The level of self-delusion that people like Coach are capable of are truly, truly stunning. And yes, the closest "loved one" that Coach could muster was his assistant coach at a small-time university chick's soccer program ... which is just pathetic. But a guy like coach will convince himself that the reason he has no friends and is so alone is because other humans are intimidated by how advanced and hyper-developed he is.
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Seriously? Is that what watching reality TV does to your mind--makes you unable to discern beauty?
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if you don't think so, you're a homosexual-American. That being said, I think Taj might win ... and she certainly deserves to. Her orchestrating the entire "exile alliance" was brilliant.
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May 15, 2009 6:36:04 AM CDT
The skinny, starving bodies look better on TV than reality.
by flim springfield
At least that's what Jeff says. Also- they stink.
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Cattle Rancher will likely win. He picked the best alliances and knows how to use them to his advantage.Enjoy Erinn now because she's next. She's more dangerous in competitions than Taj.The threesome alliance of Cattle Rancher, Consultant, and NFL wifey for final three. Cattle Rancher and Consultant for final two.However, the consultant is really smart so if the last challenge requires big brains, he could win.
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It is Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Coach cannot comprehend that people don't share his world view, and that they don't believe he is better than him. NPDs also have a hard time viewing other people as having independent feelings and opinions. That is why he kept constantly trying to manipulate Sierra socially. He thought all effects could be 100% controlled by the causes he initiated.It's not just that he wants to be that way, he is completely incapable of being any other way. It's a real disease. Luckily Coach seems to not be the type who can get violent when there world view is shattered. He mostly just gets depressed.
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Entertaining in a narcissistic kinda way... but still a cock - would have taken him to the final - no one would have voted for him... Erin's kinda sassy though... would definitely tap that as of course Sydney was... First chick was hot but so long ago that I'd forgotten her...
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Jeff Probst Has Said Sunday's Finale Has A Betrayal. The JT-Stephen-Taj alliance may fall. Stephen wants to keep players he can beat like Erinn. Watch your back JT and Taj.
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Coach got voted out. Unless he wins the next immunity, I think he will be gone. Remember, Stephen had an alliance with Taj before he had one with JT. The two of them brought JT into their alliance which was at the time also with Brendan & Sierra.
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The sucking up to Coach after his display on the ground after immunity just sealed the deal for him. This season has been absolutely brutal to watch with the sheer stupidity of the players.
Did Taj forget that she had immunity and that she could have given it to Erinn to 100% gurantee that Coach goes home?
The Idol has been NO impact whatsoever on this season because none of these nitwits knows how to strategize with it. -
but wasnt there some skinny guy who had an immunity idol other than whatshisbuckets wife from the titans? Is he gone? guess its time to hit up on demand
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I don't care if he competes or not.
Just bring him along, give him time with a camera by himself, in front of a sunset or sitting in front of a waterfall, where he can do his secret Tai Chi, his fighting poses with the tree branch while a helicopter cam circles, talking about himself in the third person, regaling us with tales of his awesomeness and reciting poetry and tribal warrior dragon slayer wisdom.
Just make sure you hire a camera crew that can keep a straight face, and keep Probst reined in so that he doesn't poke Coach too hard ... and the guy will just keep on believing that the whole thing is about him, and that the world is grateful to bask in his awesomeness every week.
That would be glorious.
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"...and that she could have given it to Erinn to 100% gurantee that Coach goes home? "I thought for sure, when they showed that JT had voted for Erin that she had the idol. I knew without a doubt, one way or another, when I saw JT write down Erin's name, that she was not going home.Why did Taj not play it herself? Was she worried it might piss someone off? Using it guarantees her in the final four. Sure, there was little chance she was the one going home, but she wasn't 100% safe. Getting that far into the game and she doesn't do EVERYTHING in her power to stay in the game? Doesn't make sense to me.
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I had a similar Michael Scott thought last night.
I found myself tuning in simply to see what jackassery "coach" would engage in. I'll tell you this... every episode reminded me of the time I was fighting alongside guerilla fighters in south America during the Reagan years, as a secret CIA operative. I've written a terrible poem about it, if anyone's interested... -
I've been saying this to my wife since this season of Survivor kicked off !!
Now they've kicked Coach off :-(
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JT's problem is that he's really strong and has a lot of votes on the jury. He probably has Coach, Debbie, Brendan already. He's the only remaining player who voted for Erinn, which means Erinn probably isn't too happy with him. If Taj doesn't care about the money(rich husband and pop star money) that might be a problem for JT but Taj also likes Stephen from the beginning.
If Taj goes with JT against Stephen and Erinn, and we assume she still owns the immunity idol(and it's not too late in the game to play it?) then either of them can play it to eliminate the other two without some kind of firemaking contest. Same thing with any other 2v2 combination. -
Stephen should know that he cannot win against JT in the finals. If JT wins final immunity he gurantees his victory. If he doesnt, Stephen better vote his ass out because he doesnt stand a chance at the jury. I predict Erinn vs Stephen in the final.
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Dunder....its too late for the immunity idols...last tribal was the last chance for that.....itchy...the "exile alliance" woulda been awesome if it actually happened...never did...and coach is a richard from season one wannabe that lost focus and lost allies....hard to believe coach is only 37...looks 47, acts like 57.....im 38, and look 28..some people age badly dont they......im hoping stephen wins..he's been the most strategic player...JT listened to him on many of the vote-offs
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Have made this a great season. The nutjob leader and the evil henchman. Who could have asked for more?
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If Jeff Probst says there's a betrayal, it could be Taj - which would be why they aired the clip with her cheerfully saying that she could look you in the face and lie to win the money.Hmmmmm.
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i really think its btween JT and stephen.... JT has to know stephen went against him when he voted for coach
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Survivor: West Texas
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...someone to explain WHY they find reality TV enjoyable. I just don't understand how anyone could enjoy this stuff, and would be very interested in hearing what it is about these trainwreck TV shows that you guys find so entertaining. (And I'm NOT trolling when I say that--I'm genuinely curious, because reality TV makes me want to gouge out my eyes with a fork.)
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i haven't ever watched survivor or any other reality show
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Because nothing is crazier than real people in action. Yes, it is like watching a train wreck. And it helps to be a misanthrope.
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...I think so-called reality TV has seriously damaged the television medium. I think people have gotten so used to seeing--and enjoying--such unentertaining crap that they're no longer able to discern that it is, in fact, crap. It has made audiences stupid.
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Kook. Doofus.
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May 16, 2009 4:31:46 AM CDT
Johnnyangel, SURVIVOR is a gameshow, not a reality show.
by fletcher_hanks
Even the media and the networks make that mistake, though. It's like watching a very long, drawn out JEOPARDY that happens to involve eating bugs and not bathing.
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http://www.coachbenwade.com/
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May 16, 2009 4:43:52 AM CDT
Jugdish, Google Erin's image and look at her non-living-in-jungl
by fletcher_hanks
Jugdish, Google Erin's image and look for her non-living-in-jungle photos. She's hot, has a nice body, and is not skinny. Dude...she's living on an island and starving at the moment. Get it?
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Coach is an honorable warrior. He will be the only person remembered from this season, or the past 10 seasons.
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The two hour finale is gonna be pretty boring now. I wouldn't mind seeing Taj win it, JT probably will though.
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And we need a real Allstars, not another Fans vs. Favorites. I say let all seasons be eligible for the next one.
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...and the two previous All-Star seasons were s8 and s16, the next All-Star season is s24, in six more seasons. I disagree that it should be from all seasons so far, but I get the pop culture relevance of the early players.
Don't worry. Probst said Coach is a shoo-in for the next All-Stars.
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