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Re: Notifying teams of yellow/red cards
I agree with Madison on this... there *should* be more communication of penalties, red, and yellow cards to the teams. In the past, we've never been able to tell for sure who got penalties - you just know the alliance got X number of penalties. In Duluth a few weeks ago, however, they announced the team and action for each of the penalties at the end of the match, and yellow/red cards were clearly announced and indicated after the match. Certainly worthwhile... if you were in the stands to hear it. I doubt much of that information got back to the drive teams, however - unless other members of their team went down to the pits to yell at them for doing something wrong.
The Ref's in Duluth did a great job keeping track of all that stuff. It could be a huge benefit to the teams to receive some sort of "after-action report" detailing what happened in the match - copy the final scoring screen they put on jumbotron, and add a list of penalties/yellow cards/red cards for each team, or even just specifically for their own team. Baring that (after all, it is more work that would have to be done by already busy volunteers), have a specially designated area for team coaches to hang out after their match and see the final results - the coach can listen to the announcer, see the final score, and see if the ref gives any yellow/red cards. It would also provide a great location for refs to approach teams after a match to provide more personalized feedback ("I noticed you do this, while I didn't call you on it this time, we're going to be more strict tomorrow" type of feedback... apparently pretty common at Duluth).
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