2016 Einstein

[LeelandS]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

Looks like the courtyard ref entered a blue penalty at 1:12 in that video. The ref had been watching 1405 for while. It appears to me that 1405 did not back away 6 ft and then wait 3 seconds before attempting to pin again. So the foul was probably G22 pinning.

I was actually wondering about that. Naturally I don't want to start a thing, and I wasn't close enough to get a really good look, but it looked to me like our robot backed up the requisite amount. I find this evidenced by the fact that the ref seemed to halt her count and keep her hand up instead of finishing her count.

It looks to me that when we returned, 120 was clearly able to move, as they moved forward and then preceeded to turn and move out of the courtyard. Without interference from our robot, as we went to move to another robot.

I've never been trained as a referee, is there some kind of "intent to pin" that referees are supposed to look for? It looks even though we did return to pin 120, we never completed her process as they were clearly able to begin moving. Any thoughts from someone with more referee knowledge than I?

I'm extremely happy with this season, and our run at world's. I'm more so asking because if our driver was not entirely at fault, I don't want him to think he is. And I want to be able to tell him what to do better next year.