Kevin writes ...
>>Why Frank Cole?  This guy is not a good referee.
>
>They had Frank Cole refereeing a final four game?  Now I know the NC$$ has
>lost its mind.  This guy is horrible.  I've watched him in many HE games,
>and he always seems to call "phantom" penalties, and then not call flagrant
>penalties.  A friend of mine summed it up best...Frank Cole has this idea
>that wherever he is looking is where he SHOULD be looking.  Usually this
>isn't the case.
>
>I'm glad someone else agrees with me.
 
   In private mail to Kevin earlier this season I said ...
 
:  >                 ...  At one point this fan yelled "Hey Cole, what
:  >are ya doing, watching the Beanpot?"  ...
:
:     I've thought for a couple of years that Cole's biggest problem is
:     that he is too sure that where he is looking is where he should be
:     looking!
 
   What I should have included was that Frank Cole is an *excellent* ref
   and probably the best of a *very good* crew of Hockey East officials.
   Nobody's perfect.
 
   I'd venture to guess that 90% of our bashing of referees tells more
   about OUR refereeing ability than it does the on ice "guy".
 
... wishing I was wandering the streets of Albany today,
 
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