Is the Post-Game Exchange of Pleasantries Between Coaches Required?

[CTPatsFan]

by the NFL or is it just a show of good sportsmanship?

We all know the hype for the post-game meeting between BB and Mangina on 12/16 will be at level above and beyond all handshakes thusfar.

I'm just curious as to whether the hand-shake is a league requirement or is it just a tradition? BB will be in a no-win situation, that I'm sure he couldn't care less about.

A flip of the bird and an F You should suffice, but I'm guessing the league frowns on that.

 

[CTPatsFan]

If he doesn't shake, BB's a poor sport. If it's a quick shake-and-go, he's petty. If it's a "genuine" handshake, he's conniving.

Just curious as to what's required.

 

[Tunescribe]

No, I don't believe it is required. It's just a customary gesture of sportsmanship, and draws more attention when it's not done.

 

[Bella*chick]

I thought about this too. If I were BB, I'd do the handshake as formally as I could. Anyone complaining that it's too frosty probably has their head too far up their own ass to be taken seriously anyway.

 

[WatchAndLearn]

They should have it like baseball, when the Red Sox win they simply line up with EACH OTHER and slap/shake hands. To hell with the opponent, they are the enemy, this isn't croquet it's football.

 

[CTPatsFan]

I wouldn't expect BB to do anything else but shake. But it did get me wondering what the protocol was.

I know what I would do

 

[RayClay]

I hear BB's been preparing for the next handshake

 

[Armen Da Pats Fan]

If he doesn't shake, BB's a poor sport. If it's a quick shake-and-go, he's petty. If it's a "genuine" handshake, he's conniving.

Just curious as to what's required.

It will be December.

Everybody in new England has runny noses in December.

He could go for the old "green-nasal-mucus-blown-into-the-hand-just-before-the-clasp" type of shake.

BTW, think he'll shove another media arsehole out of the way? That was awesome! He basically hand-heeled that dude right in his camera lense!

(Camera and Belichick make some bad energy, don't they?)

 

[Jacky Roberts]

I remember once that former Steelers coach Chuck Knoll pointed his finger in another coach's face (Buddy Ryan?) and told him off during the handshake. I think BB just shakes his hand and walks away.

 

[Jimke]

Buddy Ryan never shook hands. He just waved in the direction of the other

coach. I expect BB and his veteran players will give one finger waves after

the next Jets game. How can BB be a good sport after the crap Mangini has

forced him to endure? He'd be a hypocrite to shake Mangini's hand.