Ted Lasso (Apple TV - Season 3 coming March 2023!!!) (1 Viewer)

[ignatiusjreilly]

Hmm, Alan Sepinwall (whose opinion I respect a great deal) hated the final season and thought the finale was only marginally better. He does have good points about some of the broad narratives of the season, especially the Nate arc, but I think he glosses over that there were some truly amazing episodes this year.

 

[bigbottom]

Father and Son - Yusuf (née Cat Stevens)

I think that may have been an all-time needle drop for a TV show ending. Trying to think of a better one

I liked this one a lot. But for me, I don’t think there will ever be a finale montage set to music that bests Six Feet Under and Sia’s Breathe Me.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Father and Son - Yusuf (née Cat Stevens)

I think that may have been an all-time needle drop for a TV show ending. Trying to think of a better one

I liked this one a lot. But for me, I don’t think there will ever be a finale montage set to music that bests Six Feet Under and Sia’s Breathe Me.

Never watched that show. But I have heard that it's considered one of the all-time great finales.

I suppose the most memorable closing song was "Don't Stop Believing" on the Sopranos. But that wasn't the same thing because of the inherent tension of the scene, as opposed to the emotional release of the Ted Lasso montage. Meanwhile, I remember The Wire having a great closing montage, but I'll be damned if I can remember what was playing in the background.

 

[Capella]

Hmm, Alan Sepinwall (whose opinion I respect a great deal) hated the final season and thought the finale was only marginally better. He does have good points about some of the broad narratives of the season, especially the Nate arc, but I think he glosses over that there were some truly amazing episodes this year.

Yea I think he’s being harsh here but the Nate thing was truly bad. People are glossing over it and that’s fine because everybody likes the show but it really made no sense and shouldn’t have made the cut.

That said the finale was a great ending. I thought the season as a whole was like a C-

 

[sho nuff]

I loved the series. Plenty of room to keep it going. Was the only show on Apple+ that I watched.

You should check out Shrinking and Severance.

Shrinking is awesome

Yeah...just finished ep 9, wife and I are really liking it.

 

[AAABatteries]

Hmm, Alan Sepinwall (whose opinion I respect a great deal) hated the final season and thought the finale was only marginally better. He does have good points about some of the broad narratives of the season, especially the Nate arc, but I think he glosses over that there were some truly amazing episodes this year.

Last season was uneven but I agree with you that it had some amazing episodes. Worst season of the 3 but not horrible and they ended things great, IMO. Definitely disagree with him on the finale part.

 

[AAABatteries]

Hmm, Alan Sepinwall (whose opinion I respect a great deal) hated the final season and thought the finale was only marginally better. He does have good points about some of the broad narratives of the season, especially the Nate arc, but I think he glosses over that there were some truly amazing episodes this year.

Yea I think he’s being harsh here but the Nate thing was truly bad. People are glossing over it and that’s fine because everybody likes the show but it really made no sense and shouldn’t have made the cut.

That said the finale was a great ending. I thought the season as a whole was like a C-

The Nate thing was bad but let's be honest - the whole Ted Lasso as a football (soccer) coach of an EPL team was just as ridiculous - if that part didn't lose you early on then I think folks should be willing to deal with the Nate storyline. But I agree with your overall assessment of the last season. I was really disappointed in the first half of it. If this was something I hadn't enjoyed as much or didn't know it was ending then I may have bailed until it was over to see what people were saying. I thought those last two episodes were some of the best TV I've ever seen - in particular episode 11.

 

[Capella]

Hmm, Alan Sepinwall (whose opinion I respect a great deal) hated the final season and thought the finale was only marginally better. He does have good points about some of the broad narratives of the season, especially the Nate arc, but I think he glosses over that there were some truly amazing episodes this year.

Yea I think he’s being harsh here but the Nate thing was truly bad. People are glossing over it and that’s fine because everybody likes the show but it really made no sense and shouldn’t have made the cut.

That said the finale was a great ending. I thought the season as a whole was like a C-

The Nate thing was bad but let's be honest - the whole Ted Lasso as a football (soccer) coach of an EPL team was just as ridiculous - if that part didn't lose you early on then I think folks should be willing to deal with the Nate storyline. But I agree with your overall assessment of the last season. I was really disappointed in the first half of it. If this was something I hadn't enjoyed as much or didn't know it was ending then I may have bailed until it was over to see what people were saying. I thought those last two episodes were some of the best TV I've ever seen - in particular episode 11.

Two different things. Ted as a fish out of water was the entire point of the show. Sure it was ridiculous but the show was made for that concept.

Nate was just extremely bad writing that felt like they didn’t know how to ‘turn’ him back into a good guy and just said screw it nobody will care.

 

[AAABatteries]

Hmm, Alan Sepinwall (whose opinion I respect a great deal) hated the final season and thought the finale was only marginally better. He does have good points about some of the broad narratives of the season, especially the Nate arc, but I think he glosses over that there were some truly amazing episodes this year.

Yea I think he’s being harsh here but the Nate thing was truly bad. People are glossing over it and that’s fine because everybody likes the show but it really made no sense and shouldn’t have made the cut.

That said the finale was a great ending. I thought the season as a whole was like a C-

The Nate thing was bad but let's be honest - the whole Ted Lasso as a football (soccer) coach of an EPL team was just as ridiculous - if that part didn't lose you early on then I think folks should be willing to deal with the Nate storyline. But I agree with your overall assessment of the last season. I was really disappointed in the first half of it. If this was something I hadn't enjoyed as much or didn't know it was ending then I may have bailed until it was over to see what people were saying. I thought those last two episodes were some of the best TV I've ever seen - in particular episode 11.

Two different things. Ted as a fish out of water was the entire point of the show. Sure it was ridiculous but the show was made for that concept.

Nate was just extremely bad writing that felt like they didn’t know how to ‘turn’ him back into a good guy and just said screw it nobody will care.

I wasn't looking at it from a writing standpoint but a reality one so now I get your point. Kit man to EPL coach to kit man is ridiculous but I see what you are saying about it being lazy.

 

[belljr]

Hmm, Alan Sepinwall (whose opinion I respect a great deal) hated the final season and thought the finale was only marginally better. He does have good points about some of the broad narratives of the season, especially the Nate arc, but I think he glosses over that there were some truly amazing episodes this year.

Yea I think he’s being harsh here but the Nate thing was truly bad. People are glossing over it and that’s fine because everybody likes the show but it really made no sense and shouldn’t have made the cut.

That said the finale was a great ending. I thought the season as a whole was like a C-

The Nate thing was bad but let's be honest - the whole Ted Lasso as a football (soccer) coach of an EPL team was just as ridiculous - if that part didn't lose you early on then I think folks should be willing to deal with the Nate storyline. But I agree with your overall assessment of the last season. I was really disappointed in the first half of it. If this was something I hadn't enjoyed as much or didn't know it was ending then I may have bailed until it was over to see what people were saying. I thought those last two episodes were some of the best TV I've ever seen - in particular episode 11.

Two different things. Ted as a fish out of water was the entire point of the show. Sure it was ridiculous but the show was made for that concept.

Nate was just extremely bad writing that felt like they didn’t know how to ‘turn’ him back into a good guy and just said screw it nobody will care.

I wasn't looking at it from a writing standpoint but a reality one so now I get your point. Kit man to EPL coach to kit man is ridiculous but I see what you are saying about it being lazy.

It wasn't even so much - him going back to a kit man....... I wouldn't say that was lazy - it just felt rushed and brushed over...... I think he needed some bigger monologue with Ted or the team talking about it instead of just showing up at the restaurant.... I enjoyed the arc/redemption itself but it just felt off

 

[AAABatteries]

Hmm, Alan Sepinwall (whose opinion I respect a great deal) hated the final season and thought the finale was only marginally better. He does have good points about some of the broad narratives of the season, especially the Nate arc, but I think he glosses over that there were some truly amazing episodes this year.

Yea I think he’s being harsh here but the Nate thing was truly bad. People are glossing over it and that’s fine because everybody likes the show but it really made no sense and shouldn’t have made the cut.

That said the finale was a great ending. I thought the season as a whole was like a C-

The Nate thing was bad but let's be honest - the whole Ted Lasso as a football (soccer) coach of an EPL team was just as ridiculous - if that part didn't lose you early on then I think folks should be willing to deal with the Nate storyline. But I agree with your overall assessment of the last season. I was really disappointed in the first half of it. If this was something I hadn't enjoyed as much or didn't know it was ending then I may have bailed until it was over to see what people were saying. I thought those last two episodes were some of the best TV I've ever seen - in particular episode 11.

Two different things. Ted as a fish out of water was the entire point of the show. Sure it was ridiculous but the show was made for that concept.

Nate was just extremely bad writing that felt like they didn’t know how to ‘turn’ him back into a good guy and just said screw it nobody will care.

I wasn't looking at it from a writing standpoint but a reality one so now I get your point. Kit man to EPL coach to kit man is ridiculous but I see what you are saying about it being lazy.

It wasn't even so much - him going back to a kit man....... I wouldn't say that was lazy - it just felt rushed and brushed over...... I think he needed some bigger monologue with Ted or the team talking about it instead of just showing up at the restaurant.... I enjoyed the arc/redemption itself but it just felt off

I don't disagree but I think they had so many other storylines that they needed to work on that they felt that what they did was enough of a redemption.

 

[belljr]

I need a real world breakdown of how this would work.

Rebecca sells 49% of her shares to the public. That was supposed to be worth I forget what Higgins said. Let's just say 500 million

Did she get market value for the 49% - I assume these shares can be sold off for whatever price?

Do shareholders get any say on the club ? I guess not being a minority owner

 

[bigbottom]

Hmm, Alan Sepinwall (whose opinion I respect a great deal) hated the final season and thought the finale was only marginally better. He does have good points about some of the broad narratives of the season, especially the Nate arc, but I think he glosses over that there were some truly amazing episodes this year.

Yea I think he’s being harsh here but the Nate thing was truly bad. People are glossing over it and that’s fine because everybody likes the show but it really made no sense and shouldn’t have made the cut.

That said the finale was a great ending. I thought the season as a whole was like a C-

The Nate thing was bad but let's be honest - the whole Ted Lasso as a football (soccer) coach of an EPL team was just as ridiculous - if that part didn't lose you early on then I think folks should be willing to deal with the Nate storyline. But I agree with your overall assessment of the last season. I was really disappointed in the first half of it. If this was something I hadn't enjoyed as much or didn't know it was ending then I may have bailed until it was over to see what people were saying. I thought those last two episodes were some of the best TV I've ever seen - in particular episode 11.

Two different things. Ted as a fish out of water was the entire point of the show. Sure it was ridiculous but the show was made for that concept.

Nate was just extremely bad writing that felt like they didn’t know how to ‘turn’ him back into a good guy and just said screw it nobody will care.

I wasn't looking at it from a writing standpoint but a reality one so now I get your point. Kit man to EPL coach to kit man is ridiculous but I see what you are saying about it being lazy.

Assistant to the Kit Man! (great callout to The Office - Nate correcting "Assistant Kit Man" with "Assistant to the Kit Man")

 

[The Gator]

The writers of this show really hate Liverpool, too. Two mentions iirc; one in the first season for an away game they didn't show, then in the season finale as they lose out to City preventing the Greyhounds from winning the league.

Terrible show

 

[bigbottom]

I need a real world breakdown of how this would work.

Rebecca sells 49% of her shares to the public. That was supposed to be worth I forget what Higgins said. Let's just say 500 million

Did she get market value for the 49% - I assume these shares can be sold off for whatever price?

Do shareholders get any say on the club ? I guess not being a minority owner

They would have a say at shareholders' meetings, and get to vote for the Directors' slate, but they would not have ultimate control of the Club in any material way. And because the Club now has public shareholders, they would likely be subject to securities regulations, which includes more robust financial disclosures.

 

[whoknew]

Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard, Writer) did an AMA on Reddit today.

I’m Brendan Hunt (Co-Creator of Ted Lasso and Coach Beard)! Ask Me Anything in r/TedLasso! - r/TedLasso

View on Libreddit, an alternative private front-end to Reddit.

libreddit.kavin.rocks

The wedding was real. A spinoff is not ruled out but not currently in the works. Answers a bunch of other questions.

Looks like I was wrong. Stupid false dream sequence.

 

[Capella]

The writers of this show really hate Liverpool, too. Two mentions iirc; one in the first season for an away game they didn't show, then in the season finale as they lose out to City preventing the Greyhounds from winning the league.

Terrible show

I did wonder if west ham had a say in how their fictional owner was portrayed. Can’t imagine they loved that. Surprised they didn’t use a fictional team for that portrayal.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

I need a real world breakdown of how this would work.

Rebecca sells 49% of her shares to the public. That was supposed to be worth I forget what Higgins said. Let's just say 500 million

Did she get market value for the 49% - I assume these shares can be sold off for whatever price?

Do shareholders get any say on the club ? I guess not being a minority owner

... which includes more robust financial disclosures.

Nice. Looking foward to these plot lines in seaon 4!

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

The writers of this show really hate Liverpool, too. Two mentions iirc; one in the first season for an away game they didn't show, then in the season finale as they lose out to City preventing the Greyhounds from winning the league.

Terrible show

I did wonder if west ham had a say in how their fictional owner was portrayed. Can’t imagine they loved that. Surprised they didn’t use a fictional team for that portrayal.

Richmond was the only fictional team in the show, right?

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I need a real world breakdown of how this would work.

Rebecca sells 49% of her shares to the public. That was supposed to be worth I forget what Higgins said. Let's just say 500 million

Did she get market value for the 49% - I assume these shares can be sold off for whatever price?

Do shareholders get any say on the club ? I guess not being a minority owner

No idea if any soccer clubs do this, but I assume the writers meant it to be like the Green Bay Packers. AFAIK a share in the team literally entitles you to a framed certificate, bragging rights and nothing else.

I think Higgins said $2B for the whole team, so presumably she made $1B?

 

[AAABatteries]

I need a real world breakdown of how this would work.

Rebecca sells 49% of her shares to the public. That was supposed to be worth I forget what Higgins said. Let's just say 500 million

Did she get market value for the 49% - I assume these shares can be sold off for whatever price?

Do shareholders get any say on the club ? I guess not being a minority owner

No idea if any soccer clubs do this, but I assume the writers meant it to be like the Green Bay Packers. AFAIK a share in the team literally entitles you to a framed certificate, bragging rights and nothing else.

I think Higgins said $2B for the whole team, so presumably she made $1B?

There's definitely fan owned clubs - some are called fan owned but not really but others truly are.

 

[Scoresman]

The Nate thing needed it's own focused episode covering two things that were just completely left out and glossed over, him leaving West Ham, and him getting hired again by Richmond. There was a lot of early season fluff they could have given this some priority over.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

The Nate thing needed it's own focused episode covering two things that were just completely left out and glossed over, him leaving West Ham, and him getting hired again by Richmond. There was a lot of early season fluff they could have given this some priority over.

It's not just that it was bad, although it was. It just seems to speak to lazy writing. Strong "Poochie died on the way back to his home planet" vibes.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

The writers of this show really hate Liverpool, too. Two mentions iirc; one in the first season for an away game they didn't show, then in the season finale as they lose out to City preventing the Greyhounds from winning the league.

Terrible show

I did wonder if west ham had a say in how their fictional owner was portrayed. Can’t imagine they loved that. Surprised they didn’t use a fictional team for that portrayal.

This reminds me of how, during the making of "Legally Blonde", Harvard Law fully participated and allowed them to film on campus, but USC, which in the original script was where Elle got her undergrad degree ("in fashion"), refused, so they changed it to California University of Los Angeles (CULA) and mostly shot those scenes at CalTech.

 

[belljr]

I need a real world breakdown of how this would work.

Rebecca sells 49% of her shares to the public. That was supposed to be worth I forget what Higgins said. Let's just say 500 million

Did she get market value for the 49% - I assume these shares can be sold off for whatever price?

Do shareholders get any say on the club ? I guess not being a minority owner

No idea if any soccer clubs do this, but I assume the writers meant it to be like the Green Bay Packers. AFAIK a share in the team literally entitles you to a framed certificate, bragging rights and nothing else.

I think Higgins said $2B for the whole team, so presumably she made $1B?

The headline of the newspaper said she sold 49% of her shares so I don't think it was a GB situation

 

[bigbottom]

I need a real world breakdown of how this would work.

Rebecca sells 49% of her shares to the public. That was supposed to be worth I forget what Higgins said. Let's just say 500 million

Did she get market value for the 49% - I assume these shares can be sold off for whatever price?

Do shareholders get any say on the club ? I guess not being a minority owner

No idea if any soccer clubs do this, but I assume the writers meant it to be like the Green Bay Packers. AFAIK a share in the team literally entitles you to a framed certificate, bragging rights and nothing else.

I think Higgins said $2B for the whole team, so presumably she made $1B?

There's definitely fan owned clubs - some are called fan owned but not really but others truly are.

Juventus

 

[Capella]

The Nate thing needed it's own focused episode covering two things that were just completely left out and glossed over, him leaving West Ham, and him getting hired again by Richmond. There was a lot of early season fluff they could have given this some priority over.

It's not just that it was bad, although it was. It just seems to speak to lazy writing. Strong "Poochie died on the way back to his home planet" vibes.

Poochie is the perfect analogy. Mad I didn’t think of it myself.

 

[Redwes25]

I need a real world breakdown of how this would work.

Rebecca sells 49% of her shares to the public. That was supposed to be worth I forget what Higgins said. Let's just say 500 million

Did she get market value for the 49% - I assume these shares can be sold off for whatever price?

Do shareholders get any say on the club ? I guess not being a minority owner

No idea if any soccer clubs do this, but I assume the writers meant it to be like the Green Bay Packers. AFAIK a share in the team literally entitles you to a framed certificate, bragging rights and nothing else.

I think Higgins said $2B for the whole team, so presumably she made $1B?

Selling a minority stake is much less valuable. Really high valutions come together because some rich guy wants to control the club and be "the owner". Much less money if they sell like they described.

 

[Andrew74]

I think they spent way too much time on random fluff and two bit characters this season. The 3rd season was fantastic when they focused on the main characters (except the Keeley stuff).

 

[NewlyRetired]

The young girl who Rebecca picks up off the ground at the airport is the exact same actress who played Rebecca as a young child. That was very smart and cool.

 

[NewlyRetired]

I assume it was meant to be ambiguous but do we think Ted got back with his wife or not?

 

[NewlyRetired]

Did Nora get a cameo anywhere in the finale?

 

[Ghost Rider]

I assume it was meant to be ambiguous but do we think Ted got back with his wife or not?

I doubt it. What was odd was they made a point to show disinterested the psychiatrist boyfriend was with soccer, but showed no resolution to that. Are we supposed to assume he and the ex broke up?

 

[bigbottom]

I assume it was meant to be ambiguous but do we think Ted got back with his wife or not?

I doubt it. What was odd was they made a point to show disinterested the psychiatrist boyfriend was with soccer, but showed no resolution to that. Are we supposed to assume he and the ex broke up?

Well, he wasn’t at the kid’s soccer game. Not definitive but certainly suggestive.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Spoiler ahead......

At Beards wedding, who was the bald guy with baby and red head woman?

I think from the Beard Night Out episode. (Girl in the red dress and her boyfriend who Beard had to run away from.)

Ah yes . That's it. I couldn't place it. That's them. Thanks

I have to watch the scene again but my wife thinks that the pants Beard is wearing in the wedding are related to that episode as well (I think he gets some crazy pants from the woman during that episode).

 

[NewlyRetired]

The Nate thing needed it's own focused episode covering two things that were just completely left out and glossed over, him leaving West Ham, and him getting hired again by Richmond. There was a lot of early season fluff they could have given this some priority over.

The Nate storyline (and Rupert's as well) would have benefitted a little from screen time that was wasted on the Shandy storyline.

 

[NewlyRetired]

In one of the more touching scenes in the series, Colin tells Trent that he does not want to be a spokesperson, does not want any apologies, and just wants to simply celebrate after winning a match by kissing his fella like the other guys get to kiss their girl friends.

That wish played out exactly in the finale after the win.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Just realized that in the same week, we saw the final epsiodes of a show made by Brits that takes a cynical look at America, and a show made by Americans that takes a sunny, uplifting look at the UK

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Just realized that in the same week, we saw the final epsiodes of a show made by Brits that takes a cynical look at America, and a show made by Americans that takes a sunny, uplifting look at the UK

Or, if you prefer a different comparison, this past week was also the series finale of a show by an SNL alum that took an incredibly dark view of humanity

 

[PIK95]

Did Nora get a cameo anywhere in the finale?

She got a mention when Rebecca says she couldn't use her private jet because of Nora's environmental concerns I believe. I think that was the next to last ep.

 

[kface]

Greatest show ever created. I can't believe it's over

 

[B Maverick]

So I was a goldfish this weekend and started the series over. So many more connections to the finale pop up that you may or may not have forgotten.

 

[PIK95]

So I was a goldfish this weekend and started the series over. So many more connections to the finale pop up that you may or may not have forgotten.

I called that line to his son fwiw. My wife was impressed in real time.

 

[Grahamburn]

Spoiler ahead......

At Beards wedding, who was the bald guy with baby and red head woman?

I think from the Beard Night Out episode. (Girl in the red dress and her boyfriend who Beard had to run away from.)

Ah yes . That's it. I couldn't place it. That's them. Thanks

I have to watch the scene again but my wife thinks that the pants Beard is wearing in the wedding are related to that episode as well (I think he gets some crazy pants from the woman during that episode).

Yes. She gives him those pants when he goes up to her place. Then the bald dude chases him.

 

[Grahamburn]

I assume it was meant to be ambiguous but do we think Ted got back with his wife or not?

I doubt it. What was odd was they made a point to show disinterested the psychiatrist boyfriend was with soccer, but showed no resolution to that. Are we supposed to assume he and the ex broke up?

Well, he wasn’t at the kid’s soccer game. Not definitive but certainly suggestive.

I was going to rewatch it to see if either of them are wearing a wedding band, but then I realized they aren’t real people and it doesn’t matter one way or the other.

 

[PIK95]

Spoiler ahead......

At Beards wedding, who was the bald guy with baby and red head woman?

I think from the Beard Night Out episode. (Girl in the red dress and her boyfriend who Beard had to run away from.)

Ah yes . That's it. I couldn't place it. That's them. Thanks

I have to watch the scene again but my wife thinks that the pants Beard is wearing in the wedding are related to that episode as well (I think he gets some crazy pants from the woman during that episode).

Yes. She gives him those pants when he goes up to her place. Then the bald dude chases him.

Is the bald dude the marry my daughter king guy, with the squeaky voice in the Heineken? Commercial. It's some kind of beer. It's on the NBA playoffs non stop. Kinda looks like him.

 

[Grahamburn]

Spoiler ahead......

At Beards wedding, who was the bald guy with baby and red head woman?

I think from the Beard Night Out episode. (Girl in the red dress and her boyfriend who Beard had to run away from.)

Ah yes . That's it. I couldn't place it. That's them. Thanks

I have to watch the scene again but my wife thinks that the pants Beard is wearing in the wedding are related to that episode as well (I think he gets some crazy pants from the woman during that episode).

Yes. She gives him those pants when he goes up to her place. Then the bald dude chases him.

Is the bald dude the marry my daughter king guy, with the squeaky voice in the Heineken? Commercial. It's some kind of beer. It's on the NBA playoffs non stop. Kinda looks like him.

Charlie Rawes.

 

[Gally]

So did anyone else catch Mae straightening out a picture in the pub and then the next scene has Trent Grimm saying "Thanks...Cheers"


ETA: Not sure what the Cheers connection is but that seemed to alude to one.

 

[belljr]

So did anyone else catch Mae straightening out a picture in the pub and then the next scene has Trent Grimm saying "Thanks...Cheers"


ETA: Not sure what the Cheers connection is but that seemed to alude to one.

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ETA: Sudeikis is Wendt's nephew so maybe it was just a nod to a finale

 

[belljr]

So did anyone else catch Mae straightening out a picture in the pub and then the next scene has Trent Grimm saying "Thanks...Cheers"


ETA: Not sure what the Cheers connection is but that seemed to alude to one.

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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ETA: Sudeikis is Wendt's nephew so maybe it was just a nod to a finale

Also to add that picture in Cheers ... was hanging in Coach's dressing room, when he passed away they hung it on the wall.

That was an homage to him....