[moderated] 469 Entanglement / Bad Refereeing on Galileo

[Zzyzx]

I made myself a promise that I wouldn't post on this thread, but it seems I must break that promise.

At the time of the match in question, I was fairly close to the action when the event in question occurred. As you have seen by my team number, I am closely affiliated with RyanMcE, and I do admit that at the time I felt angry and upset that entanglement was not called.

After reviewing the footage of the match several times, I must agree with most people that it was not an intentional entanglement, and I do agree that it is difficult to control robots from the opposite side of the field and that netting is always in danger of being entangled with. However, it seemed that there was quite a bit of overly-aggressive behavior practiced by several teams this year, and that many aggressive moves were not called for any penalty.

If I looked at it from a same-team standpoint, it would have been an obvious entanglement. If I looked at it from an opposite-team standpoint, it would have been an obvious, and difficult to see, accident. If I looked at it from a judge’s standpoint, it would have been a difficult call to make, and as I stated before, since other overly-aggressive tactics were not called, that may have played a part in the decision not to penalize team 469 for entanglement.

If there are any hard feelings between my team and any other member of any other team, I wish that we may put any difficult feeling behind us and move on. Besides, FIRST is only the beginning.