If you haven’t already read it elsewhere, Jonathan Coachman was introduced as JBL’s replacement at the Smackdown/ECW tapings in Richmond, Va., last night.

This decision is mind-boggling. Whatever it is that WWE sees in Coachman as an announcer, I sure don’t see it.

Coachman did a fine job conducting backstage interviews during the early part of this decade, and he showed some personality when interacting with The Rock in several memorable segments. However, every attempt to transition him into a spot at the announce table has failed.

At one point, he was being groomed to replace Jim Ross as the lead announcer on Raw. Then, after a heel turn, Coachman sat alongside Joey Styles (who had replaced Ross) and color commentator Jerry Lawler as part of a three-man announcing crew on Raw. Both stints were panned by fans and wrestling journalists.

Now, instead of bringing in a former wrestler or wrestling personality with charisma and a gift of gab, WWE turns to Coachman — again.

I could think of a dozen people off the top of my head who would be better choices. In fact, I wrote about them last week. The funny thing is that I was going to put Coachman on the list as a joke, but I opted to make Funaki my humorous pick. Come to think of it, even Funaki would be more entertaining than “Coach.”