Because managers and coaches never touch the ball. Or the puck. They don t run, or jump, or dive, or score. And they don t do much to keep the other side from scoring either. A team s athletes win or lose a game.
Managers just manage, coaches just coach.
That s why, when a treasured team flops, it s disconcerting to hear fans admonish the man in charge. Once play begins, the best darned manager or coach in the world can t do a darned thing except watch. He out-thought the Rockies right out of the playoffs. They were watching on TV, like the rest of us. No doubt, some managers and coaches are more inspirational than others.