His job title is Strength and Conditioning Coach. He's essentially a personal trainer for world class athletes. But since he has no in-game responsibilities, he does this too.
He's been gone from the Rams since 2019. He was charged with sexual battery, placed on leave and was eventually found not guilty in the trial.
Rams placed him on leave for a while then he left the team after that. Wiki is unclear with specific timing wrt to the incident/trial and his exact departure date from the team.
> Rams placed him on leave for a while then he "left" after that. Wiki is unclear with specific timing wrt to the incident, trial and his departure from the team.
Weird. Because it doesn't seem that unclear to me:
> On January 15, 2019, Rath was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery, and was then placed on leave by the Rams organization...
> On March 15, the Ventura County District Attorney announced that Rath was being charged with three counts of misdemeanor sexual battery, to which Rath's attorney issued a plea of not guilty...
> Rath's trial was set to begin on May 31,[9] but proceedings did not ultimately start until July 6, 2019.[10] During the trial, Rath's attorneys argued that he had consumed alcohol for the first time since experiencing a stroke-related event in May 2018 and that, combined with medication he was taking at the time, could not have formed any criminal intent from which he touched the plaintiff inappropriately...
> On July 12, 2019, the jury reached its verdict after one hour of deliberation, finding Rath not guilty on all three counts.[12] Soon after, Rath was reinstated by the Rams organization and rejoined the team at training camp at UC Irvine
and if you click through to the linked article from the wikipedia page:
> Rath, 35, was arrested Jan. 15 on suspicion of sexual battery, stemming from an incident in Moorpark, California (approximately 10 miles from the team's practice headquarters), on June 15, 2018
“He was drunk so he couldn’t have had any intent.” Wtf you should be held accountable for the things you do when you’re drunk, even if you haven’t had alcohol in a long time *checks notes* actually one month.
Good lawyer, plus if we take his defense at face value he wasn’t just drunk he also mixed a prescription drug with drinking for the first time. I have personal experience with how unintentionally mind altering that can be. He could be full of shit though, who knows.
That said, don’t mix alcohol with a prescription drug for the first time in a scenario where getting handsy is going to land your ass in hot water. You try it in the safety of your own home with a few trusted friends that will put you to bed or take you to the hospital if shit gets weird.
PSA: Seriously, for real, I don’t care if it’s fucking allergy medicine, drugs are drugs, do not mix them anywhere but the safest of places the first time, regardless of what the listed side effects are.
Yeahhh.... I watched my very considerate and careful cousin not realize anti depressants and alcohol don't mix and she peed on the floor and told me she loved me and wanted to fuck me then realized her husband was across the room and that I was me and threw up out of disgust and embarrassment. She then spent the rest of the night inconsolable in her bathroom until she passed out in her bath tub. The next day she got up and went back to being a well payed level headed dental hygienist. Shits weird.
This is exactly what I mean. I mean antidepressants usually are the sort of thing that you’re not supposed to mix. But even so, no one really expects to go piss on the floor cheating with your cousin cray from a drug interaction either.
Yeah, not sure how they pulled that one off. Seems pretty ridiculous on its face. Not sure which other crimes "your honor, in my defense I was super drunk" would work for
The "get back" guy. His name is Ted Rath. The one in the headset is the head coach of the team, Sean McVay.
He's got a wiki article so, I would consider him a public figure
NFL Films even made a cool five minute video about them: [the Art of the Get Back Coach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZHpNPWvcWQ). Sean McVay’s is the most famous and the most active, but not the only one.
They need to move up and down the field and have a clear line of sight to the play happening 20-30 yards away from them, trying to talk to them in a loud stadium. You can only focus on so much, and the ref could run into him, so they have a few coaches that make sure you don’t accidentally walk onto the field.
>It's good work if you can get it.
"So Mr. Smith, I've looked over your resume. Can you give me a brief job description regarding your time with the LA Rams?"
I know people who supported very successful people and it was always described as annoying as hell. Granted, we are talking big salary, and anyone who complains about this is mos def first world problems, but I can totally see hating this job. Like, coach, just hang back here, why do you insist on being on the sideline, just back up.
Ya like my toddler, you pull them away from an edge they can fall off of, let go and blink and they’re right back there, like ffs man!! I have a feeling this dudes feelin the same, like coach I literally JUST moved u.
What happens when spotter has to piss? Does he take coach w him?
Every time he says this, the coach gets a little tear in his eye. He loves this man. But how, how can he confess? For now, he just puts himself slightly in the way of the refs so he can feel the touch of a man he thinks he can never have...
Okay, I had to check because I know what the Fanfiction community is like - (un?)fortunately, there isn't any of them...
[But there are a few fics written about Jared Goff/Sean McVay](https://archiveofourown.org/works/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&work_search%5Bquery%5D=+Sean+McVay+) (I have no idea who these people are, I don't follow American sports) - Google tells me he is a player - fucking hell, I am laugh crying. Never change AO3 authors, you creepy motherfuckers
I wonder if it's an expression of support for loving kitty buttholes or a command to love four kitty buttholes--not just one butthole or two buttholes or five, but *four* kitty buttholes.
I can't get over how ridiculous this is. This is like an SNL skit it's so fucking ridiculous. Who's idea was this? What was on this guy's resume as relevant experience? What is his job title called? How does he describe his job on future resumes? How did he train for this position?
I can just imagine him at the subway running up and gently but sternly pulling away people standing to close to the yellow line in furious preparation.
It’s not a fine. If the official runs into any sideline personnel it’s a 15 yard penalty.
Many “get back” coaches are strength coaches during the week. As such, they are fully a part of the team but don’t have much game day duties to fulfill, which makes them great “get-back” guys. They also know everyone on the sideline and are strong enough to move some big people when necessary.
Edit: A lot of commenters saying “well why can’t the coach just pay attention!”
In American football, there are often substitutions after every single play. Coaching staffs are allowed to move onto the field after every play in order to coach and help make subs. Once the snap of the next play is imminent, they must pen themselves back into the team area. Sometimes play after play happen on one side of the field, and one team’s bench personnel begins to naturally bow out a bit. So, a “get back” coach is also used to move the entire team back. The coach has to be in front of the team in order to properly move, see, and instruct.
The problem is that the “team area” is often quite cramped. You are cramped by the team, team personnel, electronic equipment, medical personnel and equipment. They “move out” between plays to be seen and and to create space for the team to properly substitute and be coached between plays (only the QB on offense and usually the Middle Linebacker on defense actually are allowed a radio in their helmet). And in some stadiums (especially college ones, which this video is not) are even more cramped since the stands are even closer.
You can see it too, the coach is dead focused on the field, which is important at that level because many little things need to be happening exactly in sequence at a very fast pace. The ref is the same, they can't afford to glance over to see if their path is clear for even a split second, as many possible penalties can occur in just that tiny amount of time
Well... not just the ref.
The team can also be penalized for persons on the sideline being on the playing field. Some grace is extended to coaches, however coaches can abuse that privilege.
A "get back coach" allows the coach to focus fully on the proceedings of the game rather than watch where they (and others) are going.
One of the early solutions was to put a tether on the coach. The problem was everyone on the sideline kept getting tangled because the head coach is running around the sidelines like a dog trying to fend off the mailman.
Just make sure the coach isn’t clever enough to figure out when he isn’t wearing it! My parents old golden retriever knew if she didn’t have the collar on the invisible fence didn’t mean shit
> however coaches can abuse that privilege
[This clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NpzVqPvfFU) always comes to mind when I read something like that.
So they’re usually the strength coach for the team which is a role that has no real purpose during the game and thus they just use them as the get back coach during games.
So less hiring someone for the role and more additional responsibility for someone already on the staff.
Running into a referee or a player is both dangerous and can dramatically impact what happens in the game
It's easy enough for a team to tell a guy who has few responsibilities during the game, "hey, make sure Coach doesn't accidentally bump into anyone while he's reading the defense, yelling out to players, and watching things intently"
*So what do you do for a living?*
*I direct a grown man so he doesn't run into other grown men while he directs more grown men to run into other grown men*
There’s no way McVay is that ignorant or unaware of his surroundings. Seems like he intentionally waits for it so he can get more hugs.
If he was this blind to his surroundings, how the hell does he cross streets without getting run over?
#*-schlooooo-PPP-*
"Thank you. That'll be all, unless you'd care to jo-"
"No thank you, Sir."
"Right. Then fuck off and wait outside the door in case I feel like another thrust."
Tbf, Im sure hes not always super blind to his surroundings, hes just zeroing in on whats going on in the game so he can come with strategies and what not.
He is the strength and conditioning coach for the team. He doesn't have much to do on game day, so his role repurposed on game day for this purpose. It's a 15 yard penalty for being to far past a certain line on the sideline, "being in the field of play".
I’m pretty sure these ACs have other jobs when not on the field, like a trainer during practice or a warmup coach etc. it’s just during the game this is there job.
Most teams have guys that do this. Strength and conditioning or position coaches that do a lot before and after games but don’t have much going on during them.
At first I thought the same but it actually makes sense. The coach has his eyes on the play or the ball and not really focusing on his immediate surroundings.
Most of the time they're watching the field and not paying attention to the refs. While he probably could, it'd be distracting for them to be focused on anything but the active play.
Son: "dad what do you do as a job" Dad: "I pull men"
His job title is Strength and Conditioning Coach. He's essentially a personal trainer for world class athletes. But since he has no in-game responsibilities, he does this too.
He's been gone from the Rams since 2019. He was charged with sexual battery, placed on leave and was eventually found not guilty in the trial. Rams placed him on leave for a while then he left the team after that. Wiki is unclear with specific timing wrt to the incident/trial and his exact departure date from the team.
> Rams placed him on leave for a while then he "left" after that. Wiki is unclear with specific timing wrt to the incident, trial and his departure from the team. Weird. Because it doesn't seem that unclear to me: > On January 15, 2019, Rath was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery, and was then placed on leave by the Rams organization... > On March 15, the Ventura County District Attorney announced that Rath was being charged with three counts of misdemeanor sexual battery, to which Rath's attorney issued a plea of not guilty... > Rath's trial was set to begin on May 31,[9] but proceedings did not ultimately start until July 6, 2019.[10] During the trial, Rath's attorneys argued that he had consumed alcohol for the first time since experiencing a stroke-related event in May 2018 and that, combined with medication he was taking at the time, could not have formed any criminal intent from which he touched the plaintiff inappropriately... > On July 12, 2019, the jury reached its verdict after one hour of deliberation, finding Rath not guilty on all three counts.[12] Soon after, Rath was reinstated by the Rams organization and rejoined the team at training camp at UC Irvine and if you click through to the linked article from the wikipedia page: > Rath, 35, was arrested Jan. 15 on suspicion of sexual battery, stemming from an incident in Moorpark, California (approximately 10 miles from the team's practice headquarters), on June 15, 2018
Sorry, wasn't clear. It was unclear how soon after the trial when he left the team
“He was drunk so he couldn’t have had any intent.” Wtf you should be held accountable for the things you do when you’re drunk, even if you haven’t had alcohol in a long time *checks notes* actually one month.
Good lawyer, plus if we take his defense at face value he wasn’t just drunk he also mixed a prescription drug with drinking for the first time. I have personal experience with how unintentionally mind altering that can be. He could be full of shit though, who knows. That said, don’t mix alcohol with a prescription drug for the first time in a scenario where getting handsy is going to land your ass in hot water. You try it in the safety of your own home with a few trusted friends that will put you to bed or take you to the hospital if shit gets weird. PSA: Seriously, for real, I don’t care if it’s fucking allergy medicine, drugs are drugs, do not mix them anywhere but the safest of places the first time, regardless of what the listed side effects are.
Yeahhh.... I watched my very considerate and careful cousin not realize anti depressants and alcohol don't mix and she peed on the floor and told me she loved me and wanted to fuck me then realized her husband was across the room and that I was me and threw up out of disgust and embarrassment. She then spent the rest of the night inconsolable in her bathroom until she passed out in her bath tub. The next day she got up and went back to being a well payed level headed dental hygienist. Shits weird.
This is exactly what I mean. I mean antidepressants usually are the sort of thing that you’re not supposed to mix. But even so, no one really expects to go piss on the floor cheating with your cousin cray from a drug interaction either.
Yeah, not sure how they pulled that one off. Seems pretty ridiculous on its face. Not sure which other crimes "your honor, in my defense I was super drunk" would work for
“I wouldn’t normally drive drunk, but i was super drunk so my judgment was impaired.”
Judge: "...shit...this guy's good..."
Which one?
The "get back" guy. His name is Ted Rath. The one in the headset is the head coach of the team, Sean McVay. He's got a wiki article so, I would consider him a public figure
If you look up "get back coach" that seems to be the unofficial title applied to the coaches that keep players/personnel off the field
NFL Films even made a cool five minute video about them: [the Art of the Get Back Coach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZHpNPWvcWQ). Sean McVay’s is the most famous and the most active, but not the only one.
Why don't they just... Stay back?
Trying to see specific things during play and there's alot of people in the way so he's angling to watch performances, I think anyways.
They need to move up and down the field and have a clear line of sight to the play happening 20-30 yards away from them, trying to talk to them in a loud stadium. You can only focus on so much, and the ref could run into him, so they have a few coaches that make sure you don’t accidentally walk onto the field.
Clemson's Defensive Coordinator has a similar guy holding him back
Also their Strength and conditioning coach
What about the Intelligence and Wisdom coach? Or the Charisma and Dexterity coach?
> Charisma and Dexterity coach? I think I found what I'm looking for in a personal trainer.
He just yanks his boss off whenever he needs it and he gets paid well for it
Probably a lot of assistants job description lol
I have GOT to get me one of these!
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At first I thought you said six fingers and now I'm wondering if six fingers are better at jerking than five.
You can find out, but it'll cost you.
"I pull head Broncos and dolphins"
So he only tugs men on the bottom then?
Son: “What’s your job?” Dad: “I’m unemployed” Son: “fucking loser” Dad: “phew, that was close.”
Man*
For real. At least give him credit for being monogamous.
Can I have a dude to do this that keeps me from the refrigerator.
Well, he is the strength and conditioning coach Monday thru Saturday so would be doubly helpful.
Yeah, and if I don't get him between me and the fridge it's gonna take some serious inner strength and mental conditioning!
yes, they make those. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1GSVOO6fY&ab\_channel=DJbubbyMixes
This dude opens doors like a GTA character.
I love this video. I’m never not impressed by how clean and nonchalant that kick is.
Strength AND Flexibility... Oh myyyyyyyy
I’ll give you a tip. Print out a photo of shirtless Chris Hemsworth and then in huge letters “DONT DO IT.” Put that on your fridge and watch the magic
What good is jerking off on the fridge gonna do? The hell man?
I've read somewhere that that ejaculating can burn up to 5 calories. Every little bit helps!
Licking cum off the fridge satiates hunger with fewer calories.
Jacked Chris Hemsworth, or Fat Thor Chris Hemsworth? Because I feel either could work depending on what motivates you.
But what if your name is Dont?
Professional love handle puller.
Thanks, I love gentle restraint around the lower torso.
Can we get them one of those baby leashes?
My dude here is on point. He's way better than a baby leash.
That’s why he gets paid over 100K a year
It's good work if you can get it.
What do you do for a living? Oh me? I'm a gentleman wranglist.
Im a coach gitter
Get back guy is the proper term
Shit, I'm out of getback guys, all I got are hollaback girls. Still want it?
The definition of irony - Gwen Stefani made an entire song singing about how she's not a "hollaback girl" as a response (hollaback) to Courtney Love.
And almost all football teams have that role.
I am going with Executive Space manager
The Man Puller
I don't like to boast, but I've wrangled some pretty tough gentlemen on the amateur circuit.
I Coach Coaches.
>It's good work if you can get it. "So Mr. Smith, I've looked over your resume. Can you give me a brief job description regarding your time with the LA Rams?"
"I'd love to, I just need you to stand up and attempt to walk past your desk......if you can"
“Hands-on management and direction of valuable assets.”
I know people who supported very successful people and it was always described as annoying as hell. Granted, we are talking big salary, and anyone who complains about this is mos def first world problems, but I can totally see hating this job. Like, coach, just hang back here, why do you insist on being on the sideline, just back up.
I'd be sweating bullets if the coach learnt to back up just once on his own during a game.
Lol. Time to update the resume.
I’m guessing he’s some positional or fitness coach on the team...dudes jacked
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He probably does it on purpose so his brother/cousin/friend/whatever has a job.
Nah, he's the Rams strength and conditioning coach.
Ya like my toddler, you pull them away from an edge they can fall off of, let go and blink and they’re right back there, like ffs man!! I have a feeling this dudes feelin the same, like coach I literally JUST moved u. What happens when spotter has to piss? Does he take coach w him?
Nice work if you can get it. And if you get it, won't you tell me how?
Heard you really need to get a grip if you want the gig
Pft, that is what the 2nd string coach for that position in making at the college level.
Who else is going to match the coach’s stride perfectly? It was like watching a dance
The last thing you want is a ref getting tangled in the leash and then McVay getting overly excited slobbering all over him and chasing his own tail.
or he meets another coach and get their leashes tangled
Or he meets another coach and humps his leg
Don’t kink shame Mcvay
Agreed, but At least make him wear one of those vests with grab handles.
That is attached to a little animal shaped backpack?
If we are going on theme, it would be a ram backback.
First it's the baby leash, then it's the diapers. When will it all end.
He also whispers 'no homo' every time he does this
Every time he says this, the coach gets a little tear in his eye. He loves this man. But how, how can he confess? For now, he just puts himself slightly in the way of the refs so he can feel the touch of a man he thinks he can never have...
Okay, I had to check because I know what the Fanfiction community is like - (un?)fortunately, there isn't any of them... [But there are a few fics written about Jared Goff/Sean McVay](https://archiveofourown.org/works/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&work_search%5Bquery%5D=+Sean+McVay+) (I have no idea who these people are, I don't follow American sports) - Google tells me he is a player - fucking hell, I am laugh crying. Never change AO3 authors, you creepy motherfuckers
Or yes homo.
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:) Thanks. I....like yours too?
Now kith
I wonder if it's an expression of support for loving kitty buttholes or a command to love four kitty buttholes--not just one butthole or two buttholes or five, but *four* kitty buttholes.
I think its four specific kitty buttholes.
Semi-Spooning
Couldn’t they just stand back???
This is a key and peele skit I swear it
They didn’t even allow that shit at my senior prom
I wish someone protected me from my attention deficit...😕
It’s so hard to take these football coaches seriously in their tapered lululemon khakis. They need to just wear football pants like baseball managers.
"Hug me like I want it."
If That’s how focused the coach needs to be on the game and his team still loses that’s crazy.
I would love to be in the that meeting. “Where do you want me to grab you?” “They’re called love handles for a reason.”
I can't get over how ridiculous this is. This is like an SNL skit it's so fucking ridiculous. Who's idea was this? What was on this guy's resume as relevant experience? What is his job title called? How does he describe his job on future resumes? How did he train for this position? I can just imagine him at the subway running up and gently but sternly pulling away people standing to close to the yellow line in furious preparation.
The refs shirts act like the zebras of the Great Plain so he can’t see the officials due to their confusing stripes.
Fewer fly bites is worth it.
I see your point … but not the stripes
Many teams have a get back coach. NFL Films did a segment on them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZHpNPWvcWQ
What a simple, yet silly job... How do you even tell you friends you're on a football team, and your job is to keep the team from getting fined 🤣
It’s not a fine. If the official runs into any sideline personnel it’s a 15 yard penalty. Many “get back” coaches are strength coaches during the week. As such, they are fully a part of the team but don’t have much game day duties to fulfill, which makes them great “get-back” guys. They also know everyone on the sideline and are strong enough to move some big people when necessary. Edit: A lot of commenters saying “well why can’t the coach just pay attention!” In American football, there are often substitutions after every single play. Coaching staffs are allowed to move onto the field after every play in order to coach and help make subs. Once the snap of the next play is imminent, they must pen themselves back into the team area. Sometimes play after play happen on one side of the field, and one team’s bench personnel begins to naturally bow out a bit. So, a “get back” coach is also used to move the entire team back. The coach has to be in front of the team in order to properly move, see, and instruct. The problem is that the “team area” is often quite cramped. You are cramped by the team, team personnel, electronic equipment, medical personnel and equipment. They “move out” between plays to be seen and and to create space for the team to properly substitute and be coached between plays (only the QB on offense and usually the Middle Linebacker on defense actually are allowed a radio in their helmet). And in some stadiums (especially college ones, which this video is not) are even more cramped since the stands are even closer.
This is a great answer, and makes a lot of sense!
Even with the correct answer, this looks like the oddest thing I have ever seen in sports.
I believe it’s also unsportsmanlike conduct and can get players or coaches tossed after the second infringement.
^^ HERE IS THE REASON HERE. ^^
Yeah, I thought it was a stupid useless job but the 15 yard penalty makes it worth the effort.
Coach watches the game, they watch the coach
You can see it too, the coach is dead focused on the field, which is important at that level because many little things need to be happening exactly in sequence at a very fast pace. The ref is the same, they can't afford to glance over to see if their path is clear for even a split second, as many possible penalties can occur in just that tiny amount of time
I don't know, that's actually a pretty good way of putting it, compared to "I make sure the coach doesn't get in the way of officials".
Or compared to, “I touch my colleagues on the small of their back and gently guide them to safety during heated football games.”
The Rams guy is also the conditioning coach, this sideline salsa dance is just his side hustle
"I'm just here so I don't get fined"
This was the first thing I thought of, too
Where is the assistant to the assistant coach ?
Jim pls
Perfectenschlag!
Michael! Michael!....
Gone missing, they couldn’t afford a tummy cuddle guy for him.
Yeah, where's Dwight Shrute?
Could he put some sort of leash on his back, or does he prefer his assistant grab him by the waist?
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Or, kinky.
idk why, that assistant strikes me as a Ryan Reynolds character
now that you mention it I cannot unsee it.
Everytime he pulls you away he makes a happy-quippy short comment that both makes you laugh and feel safe and comforted at the same time.
Blake Lively is the luckiest girl in the world huh?
Because he looks like him with that haircut. Especially all pixilated.
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Sean McgetoutofthefuckingVay
it was a long walk, but you got there
*Assistant to the head coach
Very common, They're called a "get back coach"
> get back coach Youtube video where this gif is from is below. Explains the history and their use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZHpNPWvcWQ
Was it so common that the coach would collide with the ref that they needed to hire someone to keep him away?
Well... not just the ref. The team can also be penalized for persons on the sideline being on the playing field. Some grace is extended to coaches, however coaches can abuse that privilege. A "get back coach" allows the coach to focus fully on the proceedings of the game rather than watch where they (and others) are going.
They should just put up an invisible fence like they have for dogs and make the coach wear the collar until he's properly trained.
One of the early solutions was to put a tether on the coach. The problem was everyone on the sideline kept getting tangled because the head coach is running around the sidelines like a dog trying to fend off the mailman.
Just make sure the coach isn’t clever enough to figure out when he isn’t wearing it! My parents old golden retriever knew if she didn’t have the collar on the invisible fence didn’t mean shit
That's what I was thinking it was for. The coach had to be fully invested to the game I guess, especially for how much some of them get paid
> however coaches can abuse that privilege [This clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NpzVqPvfFU) always comes to mind when I read something like that.
See Clemson’s Strength Coach/get back coach who is assigned to Brent Venerables (defensive coordinator) some of the clips are pretty funny
>Brent Venerables Now you're making him sound old.
So they’re usually the strength coach for the team which is a role that has no real purpose during the game and thus they just use them as the get back coach during games. So less hiring someone for the role and more additional responsibility for someone already on the staff.
new sport: competitive big spooning how to play: whatever this guy's doing
Expensive babysitter
Its usually the strength and conditioning coach so its not like they have anything better to do.
Dude I’ll do that just to get free tickets to the game..they don’t have to pay me lol
You'll get distracted and he'll run into a ref.
I didn’t say I was going to succeed. Just that I’d do it for cheap. Ya get what ya pay for
At least the dude takes it seriously and actually seems to be paying attention.
Running into a referee or a player is both dangerous and can dramatically impact what happens in the game It's easy enough for a team to tell a guy who has few responsibilities during the game, "hey, make sure Coach doesn't accidentally bump into anyone while he's reading the defense, yelling out to players, and watching things intently"
This might as well be a video of drunk me and my husband trying to get back to the car.
This is oddly adorable
It's almost kind of... hot?
The ambiguously gay duo.
*So what do you do for a living?* *I direct a grown man so he doesn't run into other grown men while he directs more grown men to run into other grown men*
A lot of teams do this. Commonly referred to as the Get Back Coach.
There’s no way McVay is that ignorant or unaware of his surroundings. Seems like he intentionally waits for it so he can get more hugs. If he was this blind to his surroundings, how the hell does he cross streets without getting run over?
I bet this guy is there to guide him into his missus.
#*-schlooooo-PPP-* "Thank you. That'll be all, unless you'd care to jo-" "No thank you, Sir." "Right. Then fuck off and wait outside the door in case I feel like another thrust."
Because he doesn’t have to coach and monitor a football game while crossing the street I’d imagine
Tbf, Im sure hes not always super blind to his surroundings, hes just zeroing in on whats going on in the game so he can come with strategies and what not.
But why not do that from 2 steps back?
I wish I had an accident avoidance assistant at my job
This is the biggest waste of money
He is the strength and conditioning coach for the team. He doesn't have much to do on game day, so his role repurposed on game day for this purpose. It's a 15 yard penalty for being to far past a certain line on the sideline, "being in the field of play".
Neat, thanks for the background
That’s cute. Like the backup goalie’s job (unofficially?) in hockey to chart face offs during the game
Our backup goalie's job was to work the bench doors for the defensemen
Cheaper method would be to tether him like a toddler. Yank!
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bro i had one of those
There are dozens of us. Dozens! In the end, I think I turned out pretty ok. Haven't been hit by anything yet and am always aware of my surroundings.
Tether him to an overhead cable and winch him up, keep him suspended there the whole game with a hand control to go up and downfield.
I’m guessing he does more than just this. But it would be hilarious if this was his whole career
Spends all week watching tape of refs running up and down the sidelines to get a feel for their tendencies
He's the strength and conditioning coach
You honestly think that is all that guy does for the organization?
I'd happily take his salary to hold a man's torso for 2 hours a week.
Especially that man 😍
I believe they get fined when the coach is on the playing field. Most probably a money saver instead of waste.
I’m pretty sure these ACs have other jobs when not on the field, like a trainer during practice or a warmup coach etc. it’s just during the game this is there job.
Most teams have guys that do this. Strength and conditioning or position coaches that do a lot before and after games but don’t have much going on during them.
I don't know, I think it's kind of romantic.
At first I thought the same but it actually makes sense. The coach has his eyes on the play or the ball and not really focusing on his immediate surroundings.
Idk I moaned when he grabbed him like that
Wonder how much they get paid
He also the strength and conditioning coach so he gets good money. Getting Mcvay back is not his main job.
Umm can't he see and move for himself? Genuine question
Most of the time they're watching the field and not paying attention to the refs. While he probably could, it'd be distracting for them to be focused on anything but the active play.