2013 Lessons Learned: The Negative

[Carl C]

I loved this season and this game was a lot of fun, but there were some things that need to be fixed.

First, scoring this game was really tough this year, so I am not totally surprised (though still disappointed) that there was a mistake at Einstein. Looking back at some of our own matches, I have actually found some incorrect official scores.

Second, I feel like the goals were poorly designed as many discs simply bounced out. Especially during championships, it became obvious that the chains simply could not absorb multiple shots at once or ones at slightly the wrong angle. I know at North Carolina, we ran into an issue where the chains were too tight on the red alliance goal, which caused disks to bounce off often. When we told the officials, however, nothing was done to try to fix the issue. Now I do not mean to badmouth anyone (overall, everyone involved was excellent), however, it can be very frustrating when those in charge do not even care about an issue.

Overall, this season was still a ton of fun and I hope next season is just as good if not better.