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[QUOTE="sholokov2, post: 3806786, member: 6629"]
My eye sight is going, but holy crap, I cannot see most of the Fogo violations in any of the games I've watched except the obvious pre whistle jumps.  It must be the phantom FOGO mystique, a virus implanted by home teams.  Do the coaches know what the refs are looking for?  If they do, why don't they let the FOGOs know before the first whistle?  If they don't, why don't they ask the refs before the game to go over them in detail, so they can inform the players.  Three in the first minutes of the game is either incomprehension or incapacitating anxiety.  Varello calmed down in the second half, but still could not keep the ball in his stick most of the time.

Second in my game preparation rant is the first half snoozy defense syndrome ala Army.  First half the defense played like commuters waiting for the A train in New York at 8:00 a.m.  The old push and shove strategy.  Then in the second half, the defense played like the seasoned vets they are.  Did they need half time to adjust to what they must have watched all week in Duke videos.  Had the team prepared at the FOGO to improve just a bit in the first half, and the defense fired up at the start of the game, they might have won the game by 3 or 4 goals.  C'mon captains and coaches light a fire before the next games.
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