I apologize in advance for missing this guy on my comprehensive list of #69s. But that above photo is really all you need to know. Well, actually there’s one other thing you need to know…
Oh my god. I haven’t laughed at a video on an ESPN social media account in my life. In fact I make a point to avoid looking at the post when I notice that they’ve put those generic jokes and crying face emojis on there. “MAHOMES MADE EM LOOK SILLY 
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Idk why I chose to watch this, but I instantly burst out laughing when I saw this son of a bitch burst through that door. That was the most dangerous pump-up technique I’ve ever seen a high school football coach use and that is truly saying something. That was dangerous on all accounts. Dangerous for himself (although he did strap up). Dangerous for the door. And that was EXTREMELY dangerous for anyone on the other side of that door. I hope he at least warned everyone on the outside what he was about to do. I mean look at the velocity on that door! And keep in mind that’s no wooden slouch. That’s a metal goddam door. It sounded heavy. So many immediate thoughts come to mind:
- Idk if he unhinged that thing in advance or what, but I’m shocked I don’t see any shear fractures on the door frame.
- Did he ask to borrow someones helmet or is that a spare from the equipment room? Hopefully a spare based on the post-slam spike.
- Did he at least crack the door open and do a little surveillance outside before he blasted through there? Or did he just assume the coast was clear?
- How did he even engage the door? Shoulder? Foot? Helmet??? It almost looks like he punched it, but I don’t think that’s humanly possible.
Why on gods green earth ESPN wouldn’t provide any information on this fellow I don’t know. But after about 20 minutes of research I was able to conclude (I’m about 98% sure) this hardo is former NFL player turned high school football coach, Anthony Hargrove.
It wasn’t easy, but I eventually tracked down the high school team through some geographic info and school colors and then stumbled upon this linkedin profile:
It’s the “About” section that really gave up his identity during my search. I was also mindblown to learn that this guy is the head freaking coach.
Take a second and digest that. This man is a head coach. Not only is he in charge of molding those kids into responsible adults, he’s also in charge of all the other adults in the room. And he just burst through a door.
The closest thing I can provide in terms of a comparison is the 16 year old idiot up the street that my parents used to pay to babysit us. It’s probably been 20 years and my siblings and I still talk about this guy today because of how bad at his job he was. Instead of babysitting us we would end up babysitting him to prevent him from doing stupid shit. I think his final strike occurred when my mom came home to find him curled up in a ball bleeding because he wrecked one of our bikes trying to jump a gigantic pile of mulch in our yard. The last words any of us ever heard him speak were “Now that was some serious air!”
I’d imagine that hiring Anthony Hargrove to coach your football team is a lot like hiring my lunatic of a babysitter. He’s an absolute liability, but you can bet your ass he’s going to get those kids fired up and having fun.
In all honesty, this guy is probably less of a tool, and moreso just a good ole’ fashioned meathead. But that video was too damn good to pass on. That and the fact that he rocked #69 I feel like qualifies him for TOTW.
That being said, I’m still gonna take a quick dive into his limited supply of publicly available information and see if I can find anything good on this guy.
Starting with a New Orleans Saints online article that tells his life story.
Anddddd….holy shit. Mom was a bit of a loose cannon.
“Wished I would have stayed slinging that rock” is such a great quote. But I’m going to venture to say he made the right move by switching from QB to DT and 300 lbs.
The article goes on the tell the tale of how this guy got kicked out of college for bad grades and started working at an airport for a year before being drafted. (I can’t imagine how good this bastard must have been to get drafted into the NFL while checking bags at the TSA). He later found some success in the NFL before running into substance abuse problems.
Pretty cool story. And again – how much of a force is this guy on a football field that he can take a year off for drug rehab and then come back to join the Saints and knock down the game ball every week?
Probably the least surprising news ever that the guy who bulldozes industrial doors was involved in Bountygate. Hargrove probably had Gregg Williams running through doors in excitement. “I WANT YOU TO KILL FRANK GORE’S HEAD!”
All in all a pretty feelgood story with this guy. I still don’t know that his actions “change as many kids lives as possible” but I know for a fact he will do anything it takes to see them win. I’d let my future kid play for him in a heartbeat. “Johnny, remember what I told you. You stay on the opposite end of the locker room from coach Hargrove on Friday nights.”
Again – this guy isn’t really a textbook tool candidate, but I did take a quick peak at the instagram. The only thing I found that I would consider noteworthy is that he also posted his own grainy rendition of the door video. And he offered the following words as an explanation:
“Beast mode said it best, sometimes you just got to run through a MF face! Then you don’t have to worry about them no more”
I don’t know what that shit means, but I think I just became the #1 CZR Bearcats fan in the state of Maryland.
As a closing note, I regret to inform you that I was able to confirm the score to the game in which Hargrove ran through that door, and it’s not good. Hargrove’s boys lost 41-6, scoring their lone 6 points in garbage time. I don’t know about you, but I get the feeling that if he loses the helmet, his team will have enough juice to score a second touchdown. Just a thought…