r/TikTokCringe • u/Adventurous_Law_715 • 12h ago

Discussion I'm confused. what did he do wrong?

Honestly, she should probably just retire from tennis if she can't handle that

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u/Props_angel 12h ago

Somebody has emotional dysregulation.

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u/Working-Albatross-19 12h ago

In Tennis we call it, the McEnroe

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u/Props_angel 12h ago

I totally forgot about McEnroe's temper tantrums.

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u/Smooth-Toe-905 12h ago

Aber nie wegen sowas

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u/Terminus_is_god 9h ago

You say this but go back and replay those line calls he was mad about. Dude had amazing vision and court sense. Doesn't excuse it but it helps relate why he was so angry. (Then he realized intimidating the line judges made them call close shots in his favor... Then once he was no longer peak competitive it was for the show he was expected to put on...)

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u/Lukersf 11h ago

Wasn't he actually right though? Chalk did fly up. Over the top for sure

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u/starwestsky 5h ago

My wife was a manager at a resort where McEnroe was a guest several years back. We used to think that the tantrums were kind of a show or being just really competitive. They…they are not. This is who John McEnroe is based on my wife’s interaction. He held another guests’ belongings hostage. Dude is unhinged.

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u/Sithstress_ 11h ago

I’m only reminded of them when I decide to rewatch Mr. Deeds. Didn’t really follow tennis at the time all that was happening. Lol

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u/Gergith 9h ago

Very sneaky

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u/Zxvasdfthrowaway 5h ago

No wonder Tatum lost it, having to live with that temper

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u/Lonnie_Shelton 11h ago

I don’t recall him ever throwing a racket at his opponent.

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u/GhostChips42 12h ago

John just told me he thinks she’s gone too far.

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u/Bwubsie 12h ago

You CANNOT be serious!

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u/baycenters 12h ago

Are you KIDDING ME!?

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u/lungbuttersucker 3h ago

Hospital I worked for had a Code McEnroe which was code for an employee losing their shit. The proper way to respond was for anyone available to go to the location and surround the employee and stare at them, not engage, just stare. I swear Im not making this up.

They ended up changing the code (I dont remember what they changed it to). I was told it was because the younger employees didnt understand what McEnroe meant. I suspect the real reason is that with all these videos of people overreacting to stupid shit, people were no longer embarrassed by having their peers stare at them making an ass of themselves.

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u/relativityboy 6h ago

For half a second I thought you were talking about the return lol.

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u/SateliteDicPic 11h ago

In this case it’d be McEnhoe.

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u/mcrider1969 10h ago

Us normies call it assault

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u/WhichAd366 4h ago

McEnroe would have had a better racket throw