Goku was a better character in Dragonball. In Dragonball Z he became one note as fukk and spent the bulk of the series training for fights. Ole punching bag was actually a much more developed character than Goku in DBZ.
Now when it came to the fights nobody shytted on people like Goku did. He wasn't even trying to be disrespectful, them nikkas just wasn't in his league.
I'm still mad at how they jobbed out Gohan after he showed the potential to be the baddest motherfukker in the series history (His fight against Cell, and his brief stint as Mystic Gohan).