It's out of the Russo playbook and risky to talk about bad creative and low ratings ON THE SHOW, esp. when the company is asking fans to fork over so much. The only positive I see is Pat being a great hype man and good on the stick. He painted Cody as a corporate stooge champ and his promo was almost a call for longtime fans to cheer for Orton, which I think they were doing anyway.
I don't care about the face/heel angle as much. Trick was supposed to be an arrogant heel but fans made him a face. Sami is getting some boos as is Cody. Orton is getting cheered because he's cool and they want to see #15. Roman was cheered after throwing Punk through a table because carnage. Kit Wilson, as a heel, got massive cheers a few weeks ago because he's got a new gimmick.