Having probed their memories for all of the probable and improbable master candidates from their past, the team faces the music: None of them are the kind of figure you’d feel comfortable about leading you into an event called World War Death. Especially given the poor record on leadership that’s associated with World Wars I and II already. NO, they have to find somebody better.
In utter desperation, Biff suggests relying on the educational system to provide good and competent leadership. Which, I guess, goes to show that while he might have gotten a lot more intelligent since his days as a dumb jock, he still seems to harbor quite sizeable pools of naivete. >_>
With no real alternative, even Mopey jumps on the idea – despite the fact that there are preciously few things left in the world she’d be naive about. And she also sketches out a plan for attracting the desired educator right away. Having been a teacher herself, she knows that looking like the ideal pupil is the best way to attract the attention of a potential teacher, so she volunteers the younger members of the team for the task.
And then unvolunteers the Bratessor. With some pretty valid arguments – overall, he looks quite close to the ideal of a bright-eyed, eager young pupil hungry for instruction. But the eyes have it, and the Bratessor’s eyes just shine a bit too brilliantly, raising the specter of a pupil who is smarter than his teacher – and that’s, of course, kryptonite in this sort of situation. Mopey gets bonus points for leaving the Bratessor speechless and unable to reply, which is really rare – but being stuck a pupil after decades of teacherdom, the Bratessor just has nothing that he could say without incriminating himself in some way or the other.
So the onus is on Snuka to provide. His looks aren’t quite as ideal as the Bratessor’s, but his squinchy eyes have the big advantage that his diabolic shrewdness can’t shine through as clearly as the Bratessor’s intelligence. If you don’t know him, he looks like a pretty acceptable mentee – he can get a bit of chick-fallen-out-of-the-nest look going, and that tends to work well on educators.
Will Snuka be able to attract a coach? Find out on Monday.
So, the answer to any problem is: “use Snuka as a bait.”
It’s a tried and true strategy, for certain values of “Tried” and “True”.
To be precise, a high value of ‘tried’ and a low value of ‘true’. XD
Well, calling it ‘the answer’ might give the method too much credit. XD It does qualify as ‘the attempt’, if barely…but calling it anything more would be overly optimistic…
Admittedly Mopey could just point out the Bratessor’s blatant manipulation of Gregory into taking the role of club president as an example of his mischievousness being a deterrent for any possible mentor/coach figure.
But as far as using Snuka here, I agree with the cast that it might be the best option amidst a list of bad choices here; Consider the sort of person who you could imagine to be drawn to Snuka as a mentee. For me, I’d imagine it being either someone naive enough to be conned by Snuka into the job, or someone corrupt enough to take the job and try to find a way to profit off of it.
Those are the two sorts of mentors I’d see Snuka as being capable of attracting, and neither option is likely to be capable as a Coach for a sports club.
Still, it beats the only other option I can think of, which is using a net gun to try and capture a professional Coach…
Yeah, you’re putting your finger right in the wound, there – Mopey might have focused too much on Snuka’s potential for attracting any kind of coach, and too little on what kind of coach someone like Snuka would be likely to attract. But plot progression sometimes requires characters to act with that kind of lack of foresight…and Mopey could always point to her current age by ways of excuse. Teenagers aren’t known for great foresight. XD
As for the Bratessor – yeah, that’s exactly the problem that limits his attractiveness to potential mentors. Teachers tend to say they like smart students, but there’s an unspoken qualifier of “as long as they aren’t smarter than me” involved. And the Bratessor is likely smarter than any of the teachers at an average high school. Plus, he’s not only smart, but actually smart-aleck. And that one is definitely unpopular with teachers. XD