Reasons why Captains Kirk and Picard are both better than Archer
Better ships.
Doesn't have a snotty nosed Vulcan looking over their shoulder all the time.
Archer hasn't yet been seduced by or seduced any strange aliens.
Archer has dealt with 10 (well actually 24) seasons of continuity.
Krik and Picard had to worry about the prime directive, Archer worries about not having the prime directive.
In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home The punk on the bus is Kirk Thatcher, the associate producer of the film. Thatcher also wrote the music heard loudly through the ghetto blaster.
Seven days without laughter makes one weak.
~Mort Walker