He didn't hit him in the face. Sherman came up behind him smacked him in the ass, turned to face him, continued talking smack basically getting in his face in typical ghetto gloat fashion and all Crabtree did was push his yapping face away and keep on walking.
Crabtree "the sissy's" body language was simple. I'm not taking your BS and I'm not getting drug into a ghetto posturing contest. But stop me from going on to the locker room if you have the balls.
Face it, if Sherman had the sack to push it further he would have. Instead his insulted ego had to take it to the camera.
I have no love for the 49ers, I made no bets and had no skin in that game, and I played enough hockey to know that getting under your opponents' skin is both an enjoyable and productive endeavor, but if there's one thing I always enjoyed about hockey is that you can flat out drop the mouthy ones and serve your five minute major with pride as you await the other team's enforcer from the box
In game it's fine. It's not a nice game and I don't want it to be. But after the whistle posturing for the camera only works for me when it's an actual invitation for a fisticuff.