FRC Blog - My Bad Call

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by S.P.A.M.er 17

The difference is that in Qual 21, the head ref would have been the one that made the call, the team could have gone to the question box, and things would have been addressed then. When things come straight from HQ (like in Orlando and SVR), it is a little different. You do not get a chance to argue your point; the facts are given to HQ (by someone who might not have the facts completely straight) and then the gavel comes down to give the decision.

HQ calls were made in both situations, and in SVR's case, it was acknowledged as a mistake and remedied (A wildcard handed out, and a change in the backup coupon system). I would like to see something similar happen for Orlando. Not necessarily a wildcard being distributed, but FIRST acknowledging something went wrong, and how the plan to prevent it from happening again (as D.Allerd and Travis said).

Except nothing went wrong in the Orlando situation on HQ's side. The robot's competed illegally and were, rightfully, red carded. That's the rules from HQ's perspective. Now, as to whether they were told it was ok or not... that's an entirely different issue but is NOT at HQ's level. It's at the level of the LRI.