Statisticians on the sidelines

[HLin NC]

I've had one brief problem with a stat guy in 14 years. Guy was standing right beside me, late in the 2nd qtr.- I say " I need you to move, please." He moves, almost undetectable.

I say "I told you to move." He replies "I did" After the play was over I find the HC- "Coach, your stat guy is about to lose his job and cost you some yards." I then explained the events that had just happened.

At the end of halftime, stat guy comes to me, apologizing profusely, "Sir"ing me to death. He then never got within 10 feet of me the whole second half.

[Bad Mood Risin]

If they're not saying anything and out of the way, they can do their job anywhere they want to go, outside the 2-yard restraining line.

Had one guy who was a school's cross country coach and kept stats, wearing a coach's shirt identical to the staff, decide he was going to provide some editorial comments. I told him to knock it off or he was going to cost his team 15. He said he was working for the newspaper, not the school. Didn't matter, he looked like a coach to me and I was going to treat him as such (in addition to the simple fact that he is, in fact, a coach at that school and I knew it.)

He stopped bothering me.