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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone remind me what Ted did that was so wrong to Nate? [/quote]

NP and remind me what was/is wrong with Nate's family or background that PPs have referenced.  It seems like he has a supportive family in the scenes I remember. But I'm probably totaling forgetting something.

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Ted didn't do anything "so wrong" to Nate. However, last season Ted worked hard to recruit Roy to come back to Richmond as a coach, and in so doing, starts kind of ignoring/overlooking Nate. For instance, when there was an issue with one of the team members, Nate tries to step up to work with him, but Ted instead asks Roy to step in. Nate cannot compete with Roy's star power or gravitas as a former player, and feels shunted aside. Then when Ted has that on field panic attack and has to leave the game, Nate steps up and coaches the team to a win (earning the "wunderkind" comment he's now obsessed with) but afterwards the team dynamics continue as they were, with Beard and Roy being Ted's primary assistant coaches and confidants, and Nate being on the outside looking in.

None of this is intentional, and looked at from other angles, is all understandable. Ted assigns Roy to talk to the players because he has better rapport with them and DOES understand the psychological aspects of the game better. Ted just happens to connect more with Beard and Roy as people, leading to that feeling of Nate feeling like an outsider, but it's not an intentional slight by Ted. But you can also understand why Nate starts to feel undervalued and pushed aside. The introduction of Roy essentially demotes him after feeling like he was on an upward trajectory.

Regarding Nate's family, his dad simply never expresses any pride in him. Last season he tries to impress his parents and evoke some pride from his dad by taking them out for a special meal at their favorite restaurant (the Greek restaurant where Jade works). But his dad has no response -- he's just not a very expressive person and if he feels pride in Nate, it doesn't really show. Combined with the feeling of being pushed aside by Roy on the team, Nate's frustrating and resentment grows, priming him to turn on Ted and Richmond when Rupert comes alone with his offer.

When Nate and Ted have their confrontation at the end of last season, Nate's specific complaint to Ted is that Ted built him up and made him feel so special, and then just ignored him. The thing is that Nate has spent his entire life feeling overlooked in favor of people like Roy, and for a second Ted made him feel like it could be different, and then started overlooking him in favor of Roy. The resentment Nate feels toward Ted is not just based on their relationship, but on a whole lifetime of feeling not good enough, never good enough, no matter how hard or diligently he works to prove himself.

It's not Ted's fault but there are also things he could have done to prevent it, and Ted holds himself to a high standard on stuff like this. Sure he could say "get over it, Roy was the right guy for the job, learn to share the spotlight," but Ted is someone who has real empathy and he can see it from the other side, too, where Nate worked hard and earned a place, only to be bumped down again for Roy. It's complicated.[/quote]

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