Everything is open to our own interpretations, but it seems pretty straight forward. You promise X in the event of Y, Y occurs, you give X. That's just being a man of your word. Anything that happens after is fair play. I don't think anyone would blame Tracy for getting into a flaming match afterwards if they felt like they were disrespected, at least they wouldn't claim that they aren't a man of their word.
That's all it comes down to, you can make any decision you want but you have to own it. If you give your word on something and go back on that, you just can't be considered a man of your word.