If you shove someone at the grocery store because you want to get to your wife to ask a question, is that an excuse against the potential assault charge? And I don't buy that he didn't know who it was. If he had shoved an official to talk to his coach, would that be OK? I guess it isn't a penalty to shove a ref if you are in a hurry to talk to a coach.
It wasn't a hard shove that should be criminally prosecuted. However, it just screams entitlement. -How dare someone be in a spot partially blocking the head coach of the mutts from going onto the field to talk to another coach- That bleeds downward. -I am a player for the mutts, how dare anyone tell me not to drive 100mph in my sports car- -I am a mutt player, how dare this girl not do exactly what I say? How dare the police arrest me when I smack her around?- Culture is set from the top, and it looks like the mutt HC is an arrogant, entitled, POS. It is extremely easy to understand where the players get their arrest culture from.