> The M on the jersey stands for Moron, if people are this stupid. Did
> Woog publically retract his accusation towards Savage during the
> Michigan Tech series?
> Carol White was right: the suspension was for a "shove" but that was a
> polite way to put what I saw. From the upper deck of the Bradley Center
> with a mob of players, nothing was crystal clear, but it looked like a
> punch to me. Except the short, bald guy hit the ref in the sholder, so
> they called it a shove. But in Minnesota, if you just shove an official,
> you are not only a good coach but a nice guy.
 
And, of course, your view was not at all altered by the anti-maroon colored
glasses you wear, was it?  There were several versions of what happened, but
none of them mentioned a punch.  So we have only your claim that it was a
punch and the rest of us are morons if we do not believe you, despite what the
others say.  Well, then hand me my moron, excuse me, maroon colored jersey.
 
On the Savage incident, we have Woog's word and Savage's word, so far as I
know.  Who do I believe?  I chalk it up as something I'll never really know.
I suspect Woog is at least exaggerating, but Andre's stick was pretty active
the night before.
 
I'm not the world's biggest Doug Woog fan.  Part of that is that I really
dislike the Minnesota-only policy, which he is a strong believer in.  I also
don't think he's THAT great a coach.  He's not bad, and I think he did a heck
of a job in the late-80s, but this year's team had more in it than he got out
of it, for instance.  But while I question his ethics, you seem to have gone
overboard.  The incident with the ref was more complicated than you let on.
So, for that matter, was the McAlpine incident.  So step back for a second and
take a deep breath.
 
I'll beat the rest of you to the punch.  Yes, this is an odd week for me to be
advising patience to someone else.
 
And you're getting way to complicated when you try to read subtlety like
protesting too much into one of Sansevere's columns.  He IS an idiot.  He is
sometimes amusing on the KQ morning show, but only in the way that the
chronically clueless can be.  I trust him about as far as I can throw Sid
Hartman.
 
J. Michael Neal
 
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