You didn’t say what kind of physician the coach was.
He could have been a pathologist or an anesthesiologist. They never specialized in anything close to that.
Even if he were an orthopedic specialist, he may have concluded that there was nothing he could do then. (Who carries morphine with them?)
If I suffer a dislocation I sincerely hope nobody tries to touch it until I get to the ER.
I don’t know except he was young and had returned from being a missionary. I think he was taking the Sumner off in the mountains.
If he’s a coroner he might not be needed right away anyway.
The doctors who have a little sideline business. One got arrested here about a year ago.