Not tapping reminds me of old Lions Den stories.

Another point, Rampage literally used a list given to him by his assistants to pick his team. He might even have taken a nap during the eval period. Is that shitty, yeah. I think he is torn between knowing he is not a coach and feeling like he needs to be a coach. Thats where you get the shitty corner advice and strange team mentality. I think Tiki is awful coach and Rampage is just going through the motions, which is not less bad then just sucking as a coach.

he still sucks as a coach,worst than shamrock

Team Rampage won all of 3 out of 14 fights (15 if you include the finals bout) during season 7. It wasn’t like he impressed us with his coaching nor fight results 18 months ago, so its no surprise he is terrible again in season 10.

On season 7 he brought in Juan, but is season 10 he didn’t bring any of his Wolfsliar teammates or trainers. I know it would have required them to come out to Vegas for 6 weeks and maybe that wasn’t possible, but still seems odd to me. Ever since season 6 I have seen TUF to be a plaform not only for upcoming fighers to showcase their skills and personalities, but also a forum for trainers to do the same; Matt Serra’s academies have made a fortune off his exposure on the show (and of course winning the title, but he practically coached season 4 before he won the title and that was the real 1st pub for his academies), Matt Hughes brought his future HIT Squad teammates as trainers 6-months before opeing shop, Gray Maynard got great pub as a “’wresting for MMA” coach and brought Extreme Couture more good pub, sure we all remember Stanky from season 8, but how much did Master Hanh’s exposure (and of course his student’s improved stand-up vs. Big Nog) do for his gym? Why not give Wolfslair a push? That is more selfish to me than leaving a losing fighter in the ring. Not giving his teammates and trainers a chance to advance their careers is much worse than being ambivalent towards a figher whom you only have known for a few weeks. Not that I condone the latter act either.

Also we need to consider that Heavyweights are the most difficult fighters to find and train. Heavyweight prospects simply don’t bring the same balance of agility, speed, quickness, power, etc that smaller weight classes do. The 60 lbs range allows almost old-school style match-ups where each fighter has complete dominace in one area of a fight and are completely dominated in another area. 240+ lbs men can’t put in the same road miles a welterweight can. My point is of all seasons this is probably the toughest one to be an effective coach on. Not that difficulty excuses a lack of effort, but worth noting.

Sure Rampage is a terrible coach, but knowing that I would have hoped that the show’s Executive Producers would have looked to balance reality tv needs with making sure their 16 prospects got their money’s worth in terms of training. I would have liked to see the Ex Producers make sure ‘Page brought more than himself and his “bag-tag” buddy. Tiki seems like a decent enough dude, he certainly has MMA knowledge, and he really does seem to want to help his fighers, but he’s clearly not the experienced coach that Zach Light is or any of Rashad’s assistants. Not saying Tiki shouldn’t be on the show, its just that another experienced trainer or two should have been added.

But hey give Rampage credit, at least he didn’t bring in a body-builder buddy as an assistant ala Shamroids. So Rampage is still not the worst coach ever.

Rampage just needed to find better assistant coaches, Get trainers from wolfslair, even though they were probably in season 9 you cant argue with success.

Hell Rashad didnt even have to coach he has Greg Jackson as an assistant

the issue really isn’t that rampage is a bad coach, everybody should have known that from season 7. it’s that he’s obviously not even trying and that he doesn’t really care what happens(other than when it makes him look bad)

No one is expecting him to be some phenom of a coach. It seems like he’s not even trying with regards to the important things. His corner advise is less than worthless, he leaves his fighters asleep in the ring without checking on them, etc etc etc.

He signed on to do the show and he should at least fake the part. Maybe in practices off camera he does good, helps and encourages the guys. With policies of no tapping though, I find that hard to believe. Rashad and his guys actually game plan, strategize and encourage…….and I can’t stand Rashad as a fighter. I have to give him his kudos though, he is doing an excellent job.

He saw the backlash after the first episode and knew it wasn’t going to get any better.

I’ve actually gone from being a Rampage fan to actively disliking the bloke in the space of 5 episodes. Its a shame that he fails to realise that TUF isnt actually about him, its about the fighters. There are young and inexperienced fighters in that group and not only is it shocking the way that he treats and regards them, its downright negligence.

Ive gained a lot of respect for Rashad this season.

“The show is called the Ultimate Fighter, not the Ultimate Coach”

See this is the problem… the show is primarily about the fighters on your team Rampage, not you.

touche, rampage is a selfish slut, i used to be a fan,still am but more so of his fighting style than character,i was always a fan of rashard since tuf2 when he showboated even thou ppl thought it was cocky he is a classy person who seems to care for others more so than bumpage, i rekon king mo would smash page