On Wed, 21 Dec 1994, Mike Machnik wrote: > > Still, the final responsibility rests with the officials to hand out > what they believe to be appropriate penalties for any actions that do > occur. It is not up to the teams to take matters into their own hands > if they feel the calls haven't been fair. > Let me make my position perfectly clear: I am NOT condoning bounties on players. Any coach that puts a bounty on an opposing player should be reprimanded. I am also not making an excuse for the scuffle in the penalty box toward the game's end. I was merely stating something that I think every player for both Minnesota and Colorado College already knows: someone will try to pay Geranozzo back for running the goalie in 2 consecutive games. > Do your talking on the ice and be prepared to take the > consequences if you go too far. I wholeheartedly agree. > > And of course, I don't know for certain that there really was such a > bounty - we are talking hypothetically here. I still feel that > unquestionably, one of the two sides was very, very much in the wrong > here, but who that is depends on what the truth really is. I agree completely. Dave O'Hara | The people sat waiting | College of Management | Out on their blankets in the garden | Metropolitan St University | But God said nothing | Minneapolis, Minnesota | So someone asked him, "I beg your pardon | [log in to unmask] | I'm not quite clear about what you just spoke| | Was that a parable, or a very subtle joke?" | | - Brad Roberts |