Bob Salt nails it
Interesting comments about referee Mark Gardonio (from the Newsleader):"It wasn’t that play that drew the ire of the Salmonbellies, it was the officiating of Ontario referee Mark Gardonio. After the game, irate defender Ian Hawksbee walked down the hallway to yell at the officials. Salmonbellies head coach Bob Salt said Gardonio has cost them all three games they’ve lost in the series claiming Gardonio’s turn-of-possession calls kept the ball in Brampton’s sticks. Salt also said the constant calling for mops to wipe up sweat off the Queen’s Park hardwood floor gives the Excelsiors a chance to catch their breath. That takes the advantage away from what Salt believes is his team’s superior conditioning in the transition game. 'It kills us,' said Salt of the mopping."
Yup, Gardonio makes a lot of weird change-of-possession calls and often even stops the Bellies mid-run only to give them possession (which they already had). And there's his obsession with mopping. Too bad we can't give Gardonio a delay-of-game penalty. All three Brampton wins have been in OT, all three with Gardonio reffing, and in at least two of those games, Gardonio's calls drastically changed the outcome. Hmmm.
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