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The B is the guy on the field who is best poised to save everyone else's butt. On most plays he has few direct "threats" to worry about so he can help some with multiple "threats" facing other guys. This is especially true once the ball becomes dead. One issue that some new B's sometimes have is that they are so intent on getting up to participate in the ball relay, an important task, that they do not let their eyes continually dart around to get looks at everything that is going in. This is similar to the flank who is so intent on getting the dead ball spot that he burns a hole in the grass looking at the spot. As the B runs in to get in the relay he cannot afford to focus on ball boys and/or where the ball happens to be laying or rolling.
The joke is always about how the back judge just sits back in the rocking chair and watches the game. The concept that B is a great position to see a game from is true even if the inference that we have little to do is not true.
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