To Be or Not to Be... The Guy

On. Off. On. Off. If not The Guy with the smooth dismount, the man seemed determined to at least be The Guy who didn’t fumble the hand-off.


Watching, it made me think of the Reluctant Guy I overheard on Saturday’s flag football field.

Overstaffed, the senior ref told the 15-year-old ref, “Make yourself useful. Pick-up trash. Be. The. Guy.”

“I don’t want to be The Guy,” retorted the younger ref, even as he left to hunt trash. “I don’t even know who The Guy is.”

If not now, I wanted to ask... When?