Etiquette of the coopertition bridge

[RogerR]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

I'm trying to wrap my head around why a team wouldn't go for the coopertition bridge, and I can only imagine it would only be useful in very limited situations...

There were two scenerios I saw at SMR:
1) the alliance felt its aims were better served focusing on winning (we had two teams agree to balance, but went on scoring while we held the bridge). These seemed to be higher ranked veteran teams (suprisingly).

2) the alliance did not have a plan, and did not know who would be available for balancing. These were mostly younger teams.

After getting stood up twice, we wouldn't offer to do the co-op bridge unless we had a solid, detailed commitment before the actual match. When we talked to the opposing teams in the que, it was only to confirm who would be where, and when. If we didn't get a solid promise from you, we moved on to the next team