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Originally Posted by T. Hoffman
If the measuring stick was the same length from week to week, perhaps that would be easier to do....
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If you hadn't started this thread, I was going to today. I agree 100% with you, the inconsistency shown at the Midwest Regional this weekend is
unacceptable. G25 is a shady area and needs to be clearly defined to avoid these types of incidents. Just what is defense, what does it constitute, what is not defense, what is considered aggressive play? These all need to be clearly defined within the rules for all to see, and then need to be upheld to the fullest.
To put it nicely, I was outraged when 79 got the ten point penalty. Krunch played some of the best defense I have seen all season. How is trying to prevent a team from capping by shoving them with your drive and covering the goal with your arm considered aggressive? Krunch was doing what they had to do to stop the scoring machines 71 and 111 - they were executing the only strategy that would work, and they were penalized for playing the game. It's absurd.
Quite frankly, I am so glad we did not compete at Midwest this past weekend.
The drastic change from Purdue in calling the 'breaking the plane' rule was insane. Teams who touched the plexiglass were disabled. At times, entire alliances were disabled. At Purdue, teams who went over the plane of the player station were not disabled even when one of THURST's operators was hit with a tetra!
Another thing, why were refs running across to the player station to hit the E-stop button to disable the robot? Wouldn't asking the scoring table to disable be much faster and make more sense...?
I can honestly say I was angry when I left the Midwest Regional, and our team wasn't even at the competition. I really, really felt for all the teams that got the shaft this weekend - 107, 79, 648. You are handling this better than I would, you are amazing teams.
I will say congrats to 71, 111, and 537, because they really did play very well.