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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 212346" data-attributes="member: 102">I don&#039;t have any reason to believe Jock said that because he wanted Bobby to be more ruthless. Look at what Bobby had recently done:Bobby offers to run Ewing Oil and says he&#039;s only going do it temporarily, until JR has recovered to an extent he can go back to his job. What a great guy!Shortly after Bobby has been given this temporary job, Bobby changes the terms of the verbal&nbsp; agreement they&#039;d made. Bobby says he wants to continue to be allowed to do this &quot;favor&#039; for as long as he wants to do it.Now Bobby&#039;s asking for a handout.Bobby demands Jock give him complete control of running Ewing Oil &quot;in writing.&quot; Jock&#039;s handshake is good enough for the people does business with but not good enough for Bobby. He&#039;s saying to his father: Your word isn&#039;t good enough for me.Now Bobby is telling his father to give him a handout.Bobby, who has no management experience, won&#039;t accept any input from Jock. Why would he? Jock only built the company.Miss Ellie has told Jock to keep Bobby from leaving&nbsp; Southfork &quot;no matter what it takes.&quot;&nbsp; It&#039;s starting to sound like she&#039;s running a prison.Ellie says she can&#039;t stand &quot;losing another son.&quot; Her choice of words makes it sound like she equates her adult son moving out of her home to him actually dying. Ellie isn&#039;t finished. She says to Jock that if Bobby moves away, &quot;I&#039;ll never forgive you.&quot; I don&#039;t know what&#039;s more jarring - Ellie&#039;s neurotic fear of her adult sons moving out of her home or the vengefulness she shows towards her husband at the thought of him &quot;allowing&quot; one of them to ever do it.Bobby appraises the situation and realizes he can use all of it to his advantage.Jock has reservations about Bobby not accepting any input and Bobby gets that petulant little look his face. He says fine, if you don&#039;t like the way I&#039;m doing things just tell me and Pam and I will be out of here tomorrow.Bobby has found a way he can keep JR&#039;s job indefinitely. He demands complete autonomy in running Jock&#039;s company for as long as he feels like having it, and if Jock doesn&#039;t comply, Bobby will do the exact thing Ellie will never forgive Jock for. Bobby is committing the emotional equivalent of extortion on his own father to ensure that Bobby continues to get that handout for as long as he wants.And you think Jock is telling Bobby he needs to be more ruthless?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 212346, member: 102"] I don't have any reason to believe Jock said that because he wanted Bobby to be more ruthless. Look at what Bobby had recently done: Bobby offers to run Ewing Oil and says he's only going do it temporarily, until JR has recovered to an extent he can go back to his job. What a great guy! Shortly after Bobby has been given this temporary job, Bobby changes the terms of the verbal agreement they'd made. Bobby says he wants to continue to be allowed to do this "favor' for as long as he wants to do it. Now Bobby's asking for a handout. Bobby demands Jock give him complete control of running Ewing Oil "in writing." Jock's handshake is good enough for the people does business with but not good enough for Bobby. He's saying to his father: Your word isn't good enough for me. Now Bobby is telling his father to give him a handout. Bobby, who has no management experience, won't accept any input from Jock. Why would he? Jock only built the company. Miss Ellie has told Jock to keep Bobby from leaving Southfork "no matter what it takes." It's starting to sound like she's running a prison. Ellie says she can't stand "losing another son." Her choice of words makes it sound like she equates her adult son moving out of her home to him actually dying. Ellie isn't finished. She says to Jock that if Bobby moves away, "I'll never forgive you." I don't know what's more jarring - Ellie's neurotic fear of her adult sons moving out of her home or the vengefulness she shows towards her husband at the thought of him "allowing" one of them to ever do it. Bobby appraises the situation and realizes he can use all of it to his advantage. Jock has reservations about Bobby not accepting any input and Bobby gets that petulant little look his face. He says fine, if you don't like the way I'm doing things just tell me and Pam and I will be out of here tomorrow. Bobby has found a way he can keep JR's job indefinitely. He demands complete autonomy in running Jock's company for as long as he feels like having it, and if Jock doesn't comply, Bobby will do the exact thing Ellie will never forgive Jock for. Bobby is committing the emotional equivalent of extortion on his own father to ensure that Bobby continues to get that handout for as long as he wants. And you think Jock is telling Bobby he needs to be more ruthless? [/QUOTE]

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