Understood but this is all AFTER the incident is happened. The point of the ruling was to stop the incidents from happening in the first place.

 

I understand that but even without the statement KHSAAade things can happen in the parking lot etc too. Still doesn't change what should be done and hopefully it sends a sign to other players on the team it won't be tolerated etc.

Why dont they just move the handshake to before the game. That way the games emotions are out of the way.

Why dont they just move the handshake to before the game. That way the games emotions are out of the way.

 

For Football, the captains do shake before the coin toss, for basketball the players usually do before tip off.

 

But that is just like burying your head in the sand in a way. If you as a coach are afraid of what one of your players may do after the game, then that problem most of the time was already there long before the handshake line and should of already been dealt with.

 

More times than not, a player or even a coach that steps out of line in an instance like shaking hands after a game would have already shown signs of being that type of person in the first place. Should have already been dealt with so it wouldn't come to that. Yes every once in awhile there is that one case that something happens by a person you would least expect to do something like that, but that is usually rare.

 

The only way I can make sure that Jackwagon Billy or Bob, or Frank or Randy Parker, don't do something stupid in the handshake line is to not do it.

Or switch out the team warm ups to mandatory snow suits. Very limited mobility for Randy Parker and his Jackwagon teammates to do anything else but lay there like slugs.

Or switch out the team warm ups to mandatory snow suits. Very limited mobility for Randy Parker and his Jackwagon teammates to do anything else but lay there like slugs.

 

Didnt really mean to throw our little Randy Parker under the bus, but when I was thinking of little kids names to throw into my post, his came up.

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As a coach it gave me a chance to see how my players faced small adversity if things didn't go their way during a game. Some of my favorite memories as a coach were other coaches coming up to me and telling me how much class my team had. There was also a time when I spent about 10 minutes after an extra inning game complaining not about how they played but how they acted with the officials during the game (the official later apologized to me for missing a key call in extras and I apologized for my teams actions). Another incident I had was a player that didn't shake hands with the opposing team because of what they and their fans were saying about him during the game. He wasn't a bad kid matter of fact he was a great kid, but just didn't handle it the right way. I made him go and apologize after the game to their team and wish them luck the rest of the year.

So I feel that instead of eliminating the handshake, coaches should use that time educating their student athletes how to act with class. Most coaches do and I would hope that the association would look to hold their coaches responsible for the team's actions and the coach would hold the players responsible for their own actions.

 

I think Coach Bryant said it best: "Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself."

That's the coaches fault, IMO.

 

Naw, I don't expect coaches to be mind readers.

Tackett didn't do himself any favors on this. No matter what he put out, he was going to be wrong. Lose lose situation. This has gone as terribly wrong as it could possibly go. He should have just basically said we are not responsible for any post game shenanigans and pretty much leave it at that. Instead he took it a step further and said don't do this because it could go bad. Not very smart

Naw, I don't expect coaches to be mind readers.

 

You don't have to be a mind reader if you demand discipline and respect for your opponents.

As a coach it gave me a chance to see how my players faced small adversity if things didn't go their way during a game. Some of my favorite memories as a coach were other coaches coming up to me and telling me how much class my team had. There was also a time when I spent about 10 minutes after an extra inning game complaining not about how they played but how they acted with the officials during the game (the official later apologized to me for missing a key call in extras and I apologized for my teams actions). Another incident I had was a player that didn't shake hands with the opposing team because of what they and their fans were saying about him during the game. He wasn't a bad kid matter of fact he was a great kid, but just didn't handle it the right way. I made him go and apologize after the game to their team and wish them luck the rest of the year.

So I feel that instead of eliminating the handshake, coaches should use that time educating their student athletes how to act with class. Most coaches do and I would hope that the association would look to hold their coaches responsible for the team's actions and the coach would hold the players responsible for their own actions.

 

I think Coach Bryant said it best: "Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself."

I think this perspective is what many people are thinking, but you nailed it with the explanation. Good job of putting it in words.

I am not going to read all posts here but I am going to say this whole thing had been blown way out of proportion.

 

The KHSAA position is that the schools have to take responsibility for supervising this if they are going to do it. Not a thing wrong with that.

Curious after tonight's games how many teams still shake hands.

Does this mean they will be reading the sportsmanship announcement AFTER the games now? :sarcastic:

The girls from highlands soccer team went to shake the hands of the ref's after the game and the Lexington ref's told them they were not allowed. I was the referee for a girls soccer game Tuesday and when the game was over the girls shook hands and then turned to us referees and I just could not refuse to shake their hands as it is part of the game in soccer (even though some probably didn't want to). Then the girls from both teams formed a circle grabbed the hands of each other and said a prayer, I'm sure that's not legal either but it sure made me feel good !