And yet, despite this, Chad Powers is actually good. Chad Powers follows the explosive bottoming out of a cocky young football player named Russ Holliday. If there’s one thing the show wants you to hate more than Russ Holliday, it is the concept of subtext. Was the Chad Powers persona created to get Holliday back into the spotlight, or because Holliday was sick of himself? Chad Powers is a rare feat.