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Originally Posted by Steve Wherry
It will be interesting to see how strictly penalties are called at Nationals; At the Boilermaker Regional, penalty flags were flying out of control so defense could not even be considered. At the West Michigan Regional, physical played was allowed, and defensive robots were cutting hurlers off in the turns and fighting over the balls. It made for great play and less predictable outcomes.
Hopefully the refereeing is consistent on all five fields (and I expect it to be). I would hate to see a physical team and alliance win a division and then get penalized continuously on Einstein.
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From what I've seen, penalties and reffing in general have become more consistent the longer we got into regionals. I don't know whether that's because we had refs who volunteered at multiple regionals, or everyone just got their acts together, but I think we definitely should have a great ref staff in Atlanta.
I always say, as does my dad, that I don't care if there are poor calls made, as long as those calls are consistent all weekend. If I know a bump is going to get me a penalty on Thursday afternoon, then at least I know what to expect Friday and Saturday. =)