[Back In The Saddle]

Wow, talk about baptism by fire! Your post is a little light on detail, but it sounds like you had a good learning experience, the kind you'll be learning from for a long time to come.

Obviously consistency is important. Changing how you call the game late in the game will usually engender a negative reaction. On the other hand, the phrase "letting the girls just play most of the night" makes me wonder if you were calling the game as tightly as it needed to be called to that point. Just some random wonderment.

Hope game number three goes much better for you.