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Originally Posted by bduddy
That... doesn't sound anything like the new ramming rule?
But really, this discussion should take place somewhere else...
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No, that may have just been a part of the equation. Some suffered from that new rule earlier in the competition, and doubts linger in the students minds easily even today. What is "too hard" a hit now? Will you break them and cost you & your alliance the match...or worse, the eliminations?
60 has never backed down from a hard hit on anybody before...ever (the drivers love hard hitting defense and always have).
Well, until the new rule was introduced Thursday and in the earlier tied Q-match on Friday, when fully surrounded by 3 robots and backed against the side wall, though not actually legally pinned, w/ absolutely nowhere to go except very hard through a bot or 2, and needing only 1 point to win and a ball already in the bot.
I asked why not drive right through them....The answer was...that new rule. Risk a huge penalty and a loss for a possible but possibly improbable goal, or take the tied game. (The clock was ticking very close to the end).
Then there was another in a later match "Stopping the alliance from scoring call" against one of their alliance partners that happened at least 8-9' as far as we can tell from the low goal. His question was...."Say What!?!" Attempting to stop them from scoring? Really? Since when?
I could not even attempt to explain that call to him while reviewing the videos except to say maybe something happened we cannot see. We reviewed that video over & over. And the 2 situations were nearly identical as to placement or position on the field.
I have inserted my $3.25 and then some & will be stepping away from the thread.