When team losses start to add up or a good run ends with a heartbreaking loss in postseason play, the potential scapegoats can’t outrun the slings and arrows flying their way—especially when they have no idea that they themselves are the target.
These targets are called coaches, and they are an easy mark. They stand tall in front of or behind the bench or perch on it nervously during high-pressure moments in ballgames. These leaders, though, in charge of making the team run like a well-oiled machine, find themselves as abandoned as a business without a cashless payment system when things get tough.
