Bag & tag mistake

[Garten Haeska]

If they do have to take a time penalty, I know that my team, nice as we are, would do the same. We bagged our robot well on time around 6:30, but just because they limit their robot to being unbagged until a certain time if that happens, our team would not unbag until they could as well. Just imagine if you got the entire regional to back up the rookies and take the penalty that they get. JMHO.

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by Garten Haeska

If they do have to take a time penalty, I know that my team, nice as we are, would do the same. We bagged our robot well on time around 6:30, but just because they limit their robot to being unbagged until a certain time if that happens, our team would not unbag until they could as well. Just imagine if you got the entire regional to back up the rookies and take the penalty that they get. JMHO.

Why? To protest against something? To make them feel better?

[Bob Steele]

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

Why? To protest against something? To make them feel better?

To Garten...
I have to agree with Tristan... I know you feel like you want to be nice but remember that this will call attention to this team and will put peer pressure on other teams that need those extra hours BECAUSE they put their robot in the bag on bag day.

I think a better thing to do would be to have some team members go to them and ask what they can do to make the shorter time more productive for them. Help them get ready.

You can offer all the help they can use ... get your robot done...and inspected so you can devote time to helping them get theirs ready to go.

If you all sit around waiting... when this team unbags you will will all be unbagging and no one will be available to help them.

The other reason not to do this would be the extra strain you will put on your inspectors... less time to do inspections... all crowded into the end of the day... not good...

[toastnbacon]

Yah, under no circumstance should a team not get to participate in one of the greatest weekends of the year just because they didn't understand something. There's enough I don't understand that I don't want to get penalized for it. I honestly don't think any team would mind having a rookie team that has an advantage of a few short hours.

[toastnbacon]

That's not to say that I think they should or shouldn't get penalized, but I don't think many (if any) would object either way.