View Single Post
  #26   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-04-2016, 20:48
AaronSchmitz's Avatar
AaronSchmitz AaronSchmitz is offline
Mentor & Volunteer
AKA: Grumpy Mentor
FRC #0949
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Rookie Year: 2011
Location: Washington
Posts: 6
AaronSchmitz is an unknown quantity at this point
Re: pinning being called consistently?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boltman View Post
330 would have stayed there to shoot that high goal its not like they would have backed up at that point anyhow (thus not pinned as 330 chose to stop) and if you watch the video they were more concerned with lining up the HG shot which they missed then immediately exited...I do not see that as a "pin" at all and blue had every right to try to disrupt that shot as they did by contacting 330 to try to knock off their shot. 330 moved when they wanted to freely after. Calling a pin foul there was not warranted IMO and looks as if the refs called it correctly.

I saw a similar play where the bot had every opportunity to move but chose to stay put to make a HG shot... if a bot chooses to stay put how can a pin ever be called? Since the definition states the offender "prevents or stops" not the bot who is deciding to stop.
I would have called this (the second video) the same way as the red headed ref. Preventing a robot from moving does not require that robot attempting to move. 330 is prevented from moving at 1:46 even though they make no attempt to do so.
Reply With Quote