I went to Concordia College in St. Paul tonight to watch what turned out to be 2 fun games to see. At the end of the first game, which was won by Woodbury on a shot that was clearly before the final buzzer, I was reminded of last year when Albany was denied the opportunity to question a call that was reversible and it cost them a chance at the state title. They were denied this because the ref's ran off of the floor without at least making sure that the coach's were happy with the scorekeeping and everything else for that matter.
I guess as a whole the ref's for tonight’s game didn't get the memo on this one. Although the correct call was made, all 3 of these gutless wonders ran from the floor and an assistant coach was left to run after them while the head coach (correctly I might add) held her team back from the traditional hand shake that follows the game. Also, I would like to add that when this move from the losing team became obvious the winning coach had his team do a quick cheer on the floor and then had his team leave (quickly I might also add).
Now to the average fan this whole thing looked like the losing team was displaying poor sportsmanship when in reality the coach wanted to make sure the call was correctly made, nothing more, nothing less.
It is true that ref's can make a game look good or bad by how they call a game and to be fair to this crew, up until this cowardly act they were fine.
I hope that these guys send letters to both teams about their conduct on this call. They got the call right but their actions ruined a great game for the average fan.
I hate cowards like that.
You can go to Kevin Anderson's website to see a report from another observer on this game.
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