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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
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Originally posted by devdog69
She walks over to me and sticks her hand out saying "thanks, good game". I guess it caught me off guard, but I shook her hand. Only she squeezed as hard as she could and then threw my hand away violently (ya had to be there), turned and stomped away.
[Edited by devdog69 on Dec 14th, 2001 at 09:05 AM]
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First, I would not say you were wrong to shake hands - the appearance of you standing there ignoring an extended hand could also be detrimental to you. It is at least something that you would need to consider in advance how to handle without looking unprofessional and inconsiderate, which you had not done, so you had no choice but to be gracious. However, she put you in the position of shaking her hand or looking stupid, and when you decided to shake her hand, she proceeds to try to make you look stupid anyway. Making a public attempt to himiliate a ref would be an auto-T for me. I would not only have no problem with you giving the T, I would expect it. Some things you cannot let go, and for me, this is way over the line.
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I do not think refusing to shake a player's hand on the
floor is inconsiderate or ungracious. It's the thing to
do. You want to shake my hand then chase me down as I'm
running to the lockers after the game & do it in private.