Camera is Moving in Inspector but not in game?

Hi Folks. So I'm trying to get the camera to track the player without turning along with the player (not unlike the rolling ball tutorial).

My code is pretty simple for the camera

     private Vector3 offset;
     private GameObject player;
 
     void Start () {
         player = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Rotator");
         offset = transform.position - player.transform.position;
     }
 
     void LateUpdate () {
         transform.position = player.transform.position + offset;
         Debug.Log(transform.position);
     }

But the camera behaves like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z78d0gnm8M&feature=youtu.be

You can see that in the inspector and the Debug.Log console that the transform is clearly changing positions. But the camera does not move the slightest inch in game nor in the scene.

I'm at my wit's end here. What's going on?,