The infamous stick your hand out only to pull it back handshake ordeal was the latest post game snub pulled off by Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd Haley after a blowout loss to the Denver Broncos.
My theory is that the elevation got to him. He was simply pointing at McDaniels and ordering him to get Haley an oxygen tank, and the handshake snub was simply an accident.
So Haley doesn’t belong to the mile-high club? There are no pressurizers and add in the constant yelling after a measly performance by your team, and maybe you really are that out of breath.
Well obviously this is not the case, but would be an entertaining thought to counteract the devious behavior from an NFL head coach.
Even in youth soccer teams gather together and chant “2, 4, 6, 8 who do we appreciate?! (Team name here). But it is plausible to believe Haley never learned sportsmanship. Didn’t Michael Jackson claim to never have a childhood.
While this isn’t Neverland, Haley’s poor act of sportsmanship cannot even amount to Will Ferell calling a bunch of 10-year-olds losers in another distasteful film with an SNL actor in Kicking and Screaming. In fact, I am pretty sure a five-year-old can comprehend the concept of good sportsmanship, but somehow at the professional level they fail to live up to what they are: professionals?
Granted he apologized Monday in a press conference, the modus operandi will be a mystery even the Hardy Boys would not be able to solve.
This incident reminded me of Lebron James’ sore loser mentality when he stormed off the court after being eliminated from the 2009 Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Come on Haley. Don’t you know you need to finish off the fake handshake with the hand swiftly slicking the hair back. Can’t pull the excuse it was to fix the hair because you were wearing a hat.
It would have been even better if he pulled an Adam Morrison during the 2006 NCAA tournament and fell on the ground crying, as other teammates and coaching staff went over to congratulate the Broncos.
But this is coming from a head coach. The post game snub of the century will live on, and sooner or later, Haley will no longer be the “chief” of the Chiefs.
Next incident I predict something even more entertaining: after a Chiefs loss, Todd Haley will go ahead and shake the opposing coach’s hand, but will soon break away and smack the coach upside the head. Maybe even throw the headset at him. Or even smack him with the laminated playbook.
Either way, nobody likes a sore loser. Don’t expect Haley to conduct a lecture on the principles of sportsmanship anytime soon.