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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast: Coaching One Player During Timeouts

Timothy P. Brown

Feb 28, 2023

Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a recent TidBit about the old days when coaches could speak to only one player during timeouts and earlier days when they could not coach players during the game. I also tell a funny story about a teammate picking up and hiding an official’s flag during a game.

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Today's Tidbit... Coaching One Player During Timeouts

American football originated as a college club sport controlled by the players. Initially, the game did not have coaches, especially professional ones, so it developed a tradition against coaches, players on the sidelines, or fans instructing players during the game. Prohibitions against coaching from the sideline made their way into the rulebook in 189…

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