The Unfortunate Picture...

...of the Day is from a piece in the Times, "From Stanley Cup Finals to a High School Coach," about a hockey coach named George Gwozdecky. (And let's not even get started on how you would pronounce that last name.)

Is some mischievous player holding up two fingers behind Gwozdecky's head? Or is he related to Ray Walston (below) from the old My Favorite Martian series?

I have to think the photographer took more than one picture of this guy. Doesn't seem like he would fly all the way to Colorado just to take one shot, right? "Okay, got it; let's go."

So is the Times' sports editor having a little fun at Mr. Gwozdecky's expense? Or did this one just slip past him?