Post-game handshakes.....another angle

[just another ref]

At the end of last night's game, He asked for it........ as I exited the court, a friend of mine, a parent of one of the boys, stepped out and offered his hand. I discreetly shook my head and said "Not now," thinking I didn't need to be seen receiving congratulations from one of the locals under the circumstances. Visiting coach in his agitated state might have seen the handshake and remembered it later as a high five. But later it occurred to me that had I been elsewhere and it was a stranger offering the hand, I would have shook it as I passed. How does everybody see this?