Each off-season, a beat writer should ask to be a fly-on-the-wall at any football meetings when things are a bit more relaxed.
Typical coaches’ response, “Hmm, there’s not much to see or hear.”
But one person’s garbage is someone else's treasure, as is often said, especially when the room forgets you’re there and they can’t help but be themselves.
For the sports nerd, one can learn much when you’re just curious of the innards of a sport or anything, really.
Enter Sandman
Embedded into meetings, interviews and hallway discussions - a reporter might want to think the everyday people there need to be on their best behavior, or risk some negative exposure or potential nightmare being let out by an over eager writer.