Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 17, 2022

If the team wins, he’s a coach, otherwise he’s a manager.

Doesn’t the coach deal with the players and the game, while the manager deals with the business side?

… and what’s the difference between a referee and an umpire?

A coach coaches them to a loss. A manager gets the blame for the loss.

My weekend afternoon goal is to find a tv station that has news not sports.

A “coach” is a glorified pumpkin, while a “manager” is a misspelled songbird.

Coaches are responsible for losses, players are responsible for wins, managers are responsible for players who don’t win being paid too much.

Try “none” kiddo. Go outside and play!

A distinction without a difference?

The Eagles are 6-0, and the Phillies are in the National League Championship Series. Fortunately, next Sunday is the Birds’ bye week if the Phillies need a Game 5 vs. the Padres, as it’s scheduled to be in Philly!

Head coach may be called the manager. Some managers are never on the playing area. Other coaches have specific areas of responsibility; there may be one assistant of dozens.

Baseball is the only sport where the coaches wore playing uniforms. That was maybe caused by some of them working within the playing area. Now they seem to be drifting to sponsored sportswear. Hockey seems to still have the best dressed coaches. As to the fans, the last World Series game I attended had 90% of the stands filled with men in top coats and fedoras. Ain’t seen one recently … anywhere.

Manager wears a uni, coach wears a hoodie…

They are different in that a coach actually teaches players and helps them learn new things. Managers only Manage take care of the game business.

In baseball, the person in charge of the team’s on-field activities is called the manager. In every other sport whose terminolgy I know, that person is the coach or head coach. This isn’t exactly complicated.

“This time of year again poses the same question.”

Awkward.

This strip may have been the nicest thing Jef Mallett has ever had to say about team sports. Not that it’s exactly complimentary, of course, but at least it isn’t a blatant putdown.

All I can say is that this past weekend’s Alabama v UT game had everything!

GO WARRIORS!!!!!!!!. (Warrior fan since the days of Otto Porter, jnr’s grandfather. You do the math)