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Kenny writes:
> Of course the article doesn't exist. I mean, Pierre is still officiating
> hockey games for the NCAA. Assuming that a referee DID say something like
> what you Cornellians claim he did, that referee's officiating days (at least
> in the NCAA) would come to a quick end.
> And I truly don't believe that any referee working for the NCAA, no matter
> how bad a temper he may have, would ever pass remarks such as those
> mentioned here. It seems to me like a nice myth that the "Lynah Faithful"
have
> perpetuated to maintain their hatred for Pierre. And given the amount of
> harassing that it seems you do to him when he's there, I wouldn't be surprised
> if he's just a bit biased against Cornell (subconsciously, of course).
Not to overburden you with a little perspective, but may I politely
remind you that it was the list's pre-eminent Cornell hockey authority
who originally posted the challenge to the claim, and that more than a
few hockey-l Cornellians have expressed their strongest doubts that the
article ever existed? (Not that I'd accuse an Engineer of Red-baiting.)
As far as Pierre's, um, distinctive style is concerned, I have
witnessed its being heatedly maligned in every ECAC building in which
I've ever seen him work a game. He's *everybody's* favorite.
OK, almost everybody's. When all this first came up I promised myself
I'd let it die without adding my own "least favorite ref" nonsense. Oh
well, call it an early broken resolution: personally, I'll take Pierre
over Wayne Houmiel any day - call me crazy, but I just don't think the
game was intended to be played in complete anarchy for the first 20
minutes and then three-on-three for the last 40.
- Greg
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