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, Wayne Smith The College Hockey Discussion List administrator BITNET/CREN: wts@maine internet: [log in to unmask]