I mean, how could he ever expect that there might be a bad snap? It hasn't even happened for a week or two. And his new snapper, picked up during the week of the game, probably practiced snapping with the holder on his new team a few times. How could he ever be blamed for not having some plan about what to do in the event of a bad snap on a third down field goal try?
Right!
It's Fassel's job to know what the rules are and to alert the players to what he wants them to do. He even had a courtesy time-out given to him by the 49ers (to "freeze" the kicker - how stupid!) to go over it one more time. If spiking isn't allowed it hardly matters, a quick incompleted pass to an end, or into the knees of some defensive lineman if necessary, would have given the Giants a second chance without any penalty at all.
Announcers can be ignorant of such things. For an NFL head coach to be, is inexcusable.
ML/NJ