Well, there is a right way and a wrong way to do things, folks. That is something you learn in life over time. Leaving six weeks before practice starts is the wrong way -- no matter how you cut it, no matter what rationalization you want to use. I'll leave it at that. Interestingly enough, if Union had wanted to keep Sneddon (who might well have taken the Colgate assistant's job himself), figuring it was going to lose an unhappy Moore anyway, then this was a good trade for them given the options. But if so, the execution on the announcements could have been a little more seamless, and they could have been spun more effectively. The Union AD was in Hyannis at the ECAC meeting when this story broke and then took a couple of days to announce his selection upon his return. That suggests surprise on Union's part, so the conclusion must be drawn that they weren't in a position to influence any of the events. Even so, as it stands, the situation leaves a non-optimum impression when it could have been presented by both schools as something better. -- Dick Tuthill HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.