well i personally don't think Zidane was all that cool, or interesting. FF9 as a whole really wasn't all that good. it was fun to play, and brought back a lot of good FF memories. but it was too childish/toonish for my FF-tastes. (and the card game wasn't very good either. hurray Triple Triad!)

on a side note, Zidane is THF not NIN. however, one might speculate that SE would implement THF as a job advancement from ROG... someday.