2014 World Cup

[Grey Fox]

Of course they are fit, Soccer coaches don't do anything, they got time to hit the gym.

[Valmy]

Poor Mark Mangino 

[Syt]

I guess a major difference is that most (all?) European Football coaches have been professional players themselves.

[Ed Anger]

Poor Mark Mangino 

Fuck that piece of shit.

[Valmy]

I guess a major difference is that most (all?) European Football coaches have been professional players themselves.

All those fat American dudes did as well.

Well ok I don't know about Weiss.  But all of them at least played in College I think and only Parcells there is a pro coach.  It is very rare to have a College or pro Head Football coach who was not at least a College Player.  But we are talking decades after those guys hung up their shoulder pads.

[derspiess]

There's really no excuse.  These coaches have access to some of the best strength & conditioning professionals in the country as well as a kick-ass gym in their workplace that is open to them 24/7.

That said, fat coaches are a distinct minority.

[dps]

Yeah, we could cherry-pick pics of American football coaches and soccer coaches a get a set that makes the American football coaches look more fit.  Soccer has the most fit-looking game officials of any major team sport, though game officials in American football are probably as a group are a lot more fit than the look (they tend to be a good bit older than those in soccer, but still have to do a lot of running during the games).

Baseball, of course, rather imfamously has the least fit game officials, though they're not as bad as they used to be.  Twenty years ago, the typical baseball umpire looked about like Mangino.

[Admiral Yi]

You never see a flabby basketball ref.

[derspiess]

You never see a flabby basketball ref.

Stripes + black pants hide a lot.

[Norgy]

Nigeria should've had a penalty and France isn't playing well.

[derspiess]

If Argentina wins tomorrow and the US pulls something out of its ass tomorrow, things will get interesting in my house.  I've already got Tommy on the US side and Lola randomly yells "USA! USA! USA!" but then she'll just say whatever you tell her to.

[Norgy]

I've put money on the US winning tomorrow. 

[Admiral Yi]

What were the odds?

[Norgy]

4.25.

[derspiess]

Ironically, I may be watching the USA-Belgium game tomorrow at a Belgian restaurant.