Week 1 Analysis

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Originally Posted by MrBasse

I think too much has been put on the refs this year. I saw several matches where low goal scorers had arms inside the low goal directly in front of a ref. not just in, but like 12-15 inches in and no call. Several long delays on lighting the pedestal after a score, lots of high goal bounce outs, and numerous pickups the in no way were 20" or less outside the frame. I also notice a few games that had scores climbing and climbing when multiple autonomous balls were still on the field. Lots of scoring trouble on top of all that. Several matches where no low goals were scored, but scores were odd numbers.

Overall, I think this game could be great with practice. But, we all might have to wait a few weeks to be truly amazed by it. It will take a lot for teams, refs, and volunteers to get the hang of this one. Even more for everyone to all manage it at the same time.

The problem, in my opinion, is that refs are required to both watch a quadrant of the field that may include several robots and operate the scoring screen. If I recall correctly there used to be separate scorekeepers, and it's still listed as a volunteer position in VIMS; I know there isn't an endless supply of volunteers, but if there was ever a game that needed scorekeepers...