Pedestal Delays

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by Libby K

Hoover,

For future reference: Have a pre-college student on the drive team stand in the referee question box. That is the way to ask questions/clarifications/point out issues. For something like the pedestal issue, it's important to let the nearest referee/FTA know DURING the match.

Thanks Libby. This was in the earlier matches and we were still getting used to the game. I had one eye on the pedestal every match after that. I think we'd have been better off letting Jason throw the second ball on the field and then they'd have to had to investigate during the game.

As for having a student go to the question box... our alliances always pulled the control boards and left the field immediately. We had 2 instances of us winning in qualification and then an upset re-score occurring minutes after. We were half way back to the pits. I don't know what to do. I'm half way leaning to have the whole darned alliance stay put, arms crossed until the final scoring happens and then go as a unit (pre-college only) to the question box to at least get an explanation. That seems rather extreme.

I will say I was really really hoping for real time scoring this year and I am not getting it.