Is Koscheck Really As Dumb As He Looks ?
Josh Koscheck was one of the early de-pantsees for his critique of Georges St-Pierre’s year round physique as obvious evidence of steroid use; which he later retracted. Koscheck has continued his one-way feud on season 12 of the UFC reality show “The Ultimate Fighter”, where Koscheck is continually trying to match wits with St-Pierre.
In TUF episode two, St-Pierre completely outwitted Koscheck in his selection of fighters by using a “Trojan-Draft”. To anyone who saw the episode one preliminaries, predictably, both Koscheck and St-Pierre coveted the athletic Michael Johnson.
St-Pierre and his assistant trainers Greg Jackson, John Danaher and Brad Tate, devised a plan to give Team GSP the opportunity to select Johnson if Koscheck won the coin toss for the first pick. St-Pierre, et al., created a false draft sheet, listing former University of Buffalo wrestler Marc Stevens as St-Pierre’s top pick. Team GSP reasoned that Kosheck, a former UB assistant wrestling coach, might have a soft spot for Stevens. St-Pierre “carelessly” allowed Koscheck to see the false draft sheet, making Koscheck think Team GSP wanted Stevens. The plan worked and Koscheck took the bait. Koscheck drafted Stevens as the first pick, opening the door for St-Pierre to select Johnson. Moreover, St-Pierre, by virtue of losing the toss, was permitted to select the first bout. Which “Bruce LeRoy” won for Team GSP.
In episode three, St-Pierre, by virtue of Bruce LeRoy’s win, kept control of the selection of the fights between Team GSP and Team Koscheck. St-Pierre selected Johnson, who submitted Aaron Wilkinson, giving Team GSP a 2-0 lead in the series.
What Koscheck has not been able to do with his head, he’s attempting to do with his mouth. Throughout the episodes, it has become clear that Koscheck’s strategy for his upcoming fight with GSP is to try to get under St-Pierre’s skin. Koscheck is instituting a scheme befitting the nastiest political campaign. Koscheck is continually berating and antagonizing St-Pierre, culminating in Koscheck and a Team Koscheck teammate parking so close to St-Pierre’s car in the parking lot, St-Pierre could barely get in.
Koscheck’s sophomoric antics may make good television; but all subplots aside, TUF is a prelude to a real UFC title fight between Koscheck and St-Pierre. BJ Penn tried to get under St-Pierre’s skin, as did Dan Hardy. Both of whose trash-talking acumen far exceed Koscheck’s. Penn and Hardy only fueled St-Pierre’s inner fire. As St-Pierre explained as he squeezed into his pinned-in car, he just takes it in and dusts it off for motivation at the right time. That right time is December 11, when St-Pierre faces Koscheck for St-Pierre’s Welterweight title.
St-Pierre will hardly need additional motivation to beat up Koscheck in front of over 20,000 of his countrymen in Montreal. However, Koscheck has many weeks remaining in the show to fuel “St-Pierre’s fire”. Unfortunately for Koscheck, TUF 12 is already in the can, so there’s nothing Koscheck can do to reverse the devastation he’s bringing upon himself.
Koscheck, like many others, has proclaimed that he’s going to beat St-Pierre by standing up and striking with him. Likewise, he’s copycatting vanquished St-Pierre loudmouths by trying to get under St-Pierre’s skin. Maybe Koscheck should try something original for a change? It is said that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process and expecting a different result. By this logic, maybe Koscheck really is insane?
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