It’s a shame that there are still a few “stick grabbers” around in these enlightened times. I always thought it demonstrated under confidence in their own ability.
On a lighter note, I remember at the beginning of my flight training, one of my peers was going for his 2nd or 3rd sortie in a single. At about 300’ the instructor announced “fan stop” and closed the throttle, leading the student to push it hard forward again while shouting “what the f*&# do you think you’re doing? trying to kill us!?”, which demonstrates that a proper briefing leads to a better result on average...