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"It appeared to me to be more of a brace incase the player ran into him."

You only brace yourself on the sideline if you are surprised or you are trying to stop someone who is running laterally and has too much momentum.

You don't LEAN INTO an opposing gunner running full speed that you clearly see coming.

You take a step back.

It's easy. I do it all the time in high school athletics, no matter the score or what I think of the other team.

Lost in this conversation is this fact: Sally Knees was the designated coach (to the refs) responsible for keeping coaches and players back from the field of play.

I really can't believe there are apologists out there for this crap. I could understand more if it was the head coach and you thought he was too important to lose. But a strength coach who no one ever heard of is important enough to warp moral convictions? Amazing.

"You don't LEAN INTO........."

I'll watch it again I guess. It'll no doubt be on all day with so many crybabies.

I didn't see him lean into anything either. Just bent a knee. If he had more time, he may have even....(gasp) taken his hands out of his pockets and pushed the OUT OF BOUNDS player away!!. For that I guess we'd be expected to be calling for him to be hanged.

Ok I just watched it again. It looks like the coach does a 1/4 turn and shifts his weight to the left foot, while bending that knee.

The only question is, would the player have missed him otherwise, and I don’t think he would have.