Week 2 Analysis

[Siri]

I don't use the panels until Friday, but from the training, I really don't see why the pedestal can't light when I check High or Low Goal rather than when I hit End Cycle. I feel like this would help a lot in terms of delays.

We certainly need more than 5 people to handle entering G12s, G28s, G40s, G29, G26-1, all the other fouls, assists, and scores. But remember that veteran refs are calling possessions that they see differently. If it's inconsistent while dipping into (presumably) all available veteran referees with everyone trained and certified, is adding more 'umpires' (refs+scorers) making things better or worse? I honestly don't know, but the logistics are difficult enough to make me wonder. Remember untrained field reset in Week 1.

Without having actually VC'ed for FRC, I'd have to doubt whether a simple solution that involves every remaining event in the world finding and training 6+ more volunteers is actually a simple solution. That's not to say it's not a good or even the best solution, but maybe there's a way to split the tasks differently so it's not 6+. For instance, would it help to eliminate the foul screen for refs entirely, and just radio fouls to just one volunteer at one foul screen? I vaguely recall doing something like this at a previous year's event.


Separately,

Originally Posted by MrForbes

When the pedestal doesn't light, and the ball is entered into play, usually under direction of a referee, it appears the FMS still isn't aware that the ball should be in play (doh, the pedestal didn't light!) and the ball then gets no assists recorded, as the alliance cycles it.

This appears to be a situation that coaches are going to have to pay lots of attention to during matches.

Coaches are definitely watching this, but I have yet to manage myself or see anyone actually get something changed. Has anyone? In Week 1, we experienced 2 separate admitted field faults against us that we could not get replayed. I have no idea how else to do in this situation. What are other coaches doing? We lost 1 match by 4 and the other by 1. We were 6-6-0; the lowest 8-4-0 was 11th seed, 7th captain. I know how you feel, Travis.