The Show Cats Human handler

Question
After watching/exhibiting at shows forseveral years. I've a question for you. What do you see as the difference between the following owner behaviors after a judging and the mental health of the (usually) innocent cat? (Ha!)
I see the following behaviors by owners after not being judged "as expected":
(1) sweet acceptance (from saccharin to apparent acceptance of the call), (2) rage blaming totally the "stupidity" of the judge,(3) making a plethora of unrelated excuses having nothing to do with the judging process, (4) rage blaming the audacity of the competitors to enter the show and dare to compete, (5) rage at the animal who was just judged, calling their own "companion animal" with foul epithets beyond belief/and or threatenng the animal, (6) attempting to learn from the experience, regardless of what the exhibitor believes he/she is learning.  I personally find the anger directed towardthe catto be the most offensive and unbelievable; and, yes, it has been obsered seferal times. The other responses...your take Dr. Freud of the Feline world.
Thank you.
An Observant Exhibitor

Answer
Missy,

I have been showing cats since April 1970!!! I felt that the movie about dog shows: "Best in Show" also applied to cats.  I could name various characters in the cat fancy that matched the behaviors in that movie.

Fortunately, cats seem to be immune to the aberrant behaviors of their owners. I find that any anger towards a cat is misplaced and reprehensible. So, I am in complete agreement with you.

Myths that existed since I have been in are:  "Judges have lists of cats they are supposed to put up."; "Judges have lists of people who are 'blackballed'"; "If my cat wins it's beautiful. If your cat wins, it's politics."; etc.

I am in complete agreement with you. Your observations are consistent with mine.

Best regards... Norm.