User blog comment:Wzzzuuuu/Who's your worst TDAS character?/@comment-2147650-20140222023450/@comment-5928665-20140222101418

I really don't understand why the chose Sam over Brick. The only character that Sam had significant interaction with was Dakota, WHO WASN'T IN TDAS! Brick, on the other hand, had a substantial rivalry with Jo and was just an all around better developed character than Sam.

The only reason I assume they picked Sam was because they wanted Brian Froud, one of the few voice actors on the show to be substantially involved with every previous season, to have a role in TDAS and they wanted to have another TDROTI to even out the cast so that's why he was chosen instead of Harold.