[Boltman]

Originally Posted by T3_1565

There will be video once the matches are uploaded. QF 1-1 of Waterloo.

Our students talked with the head ref. I'm proud that they held their own and were professional speaking with him (I asked the head ref how they were afterwards) but they were told it was too hard to tell from where the refs were standing.

That is great. Sometimes calls go your way sometimes they don't. I was watching students challenge 95% were GP and even saw a student that did not exhibit GP after a challenge come back and personally apologize to the head ref. I think students understand sometimes more than us mentors.

We were pretty upset in weeks 1 and 2 having to cross defenses too many times for lights to go out (Portcullis especially the way we did that) ...that is a big deal too with ranking points. I was happy to see changes were made to be more aware of crossings and haven't read many complaints since.

I think emails to first do get read and talked about, I'm not afraid to on behalf of our students to shoot then an email. Enough people do it changes get made. That is why I encourage all teams if they question a call to go to the question box by the head ref to be heard. If the call does not go your way and explanation did not satisfy your team then email first. Its also great to post about it as many refs and other support staff read these posts.

In the end I think pretty much everyone wants every team to succeed and any missed calls, incorrectly made calls or missed points are really no ones fault, it happens but thankfully its rare. I understood playing in week 1 it would be interesting..it was while they worked the kinks out. Was much better in week 2 and definitely better this week watching the events .