Petition: Scoring Display needs a TRUE CLOCK!!

[Madison]

Originally Posted by mtaman02

I have many things to comment about when it concerns this game. a more visible clock sadly enough is not one of them b/c Teams are suppose to work in co-opertition with one another forming a dominant alliance. Very Very Very Rare does that alliance do what they say they are gonna do. Having a Visible Clock will not change a thing. Even with the extremely Audible Game sounds doesn't make the alliance do what they have to do. I have played in the FIRST Game and I have Volunteered at the FIRST Game and I have not seen anyone look at the screen to see where they stand as far as time was concerned. Heck I don't even think the teams pay attention to the scoring. They're too busy concentrating on whats going on in front of them. Now what teams should do is appoint 1 person only to keep an eye on the clock and have them run back and forth in the player station informing the alliance how much time they have left to complete the game successfully. Now if you want ask FIRST to put up more visible timers on top of the player station b/c I do agree that one on each side is not enough or better yet put the countdown timers on top of the goal. b/c my person opinion is your eyes should be on the game not looking for a clock.

If you're not keeping track of the score and looking at the clock, you're a bad coach. There's a lot to keep track of in this game and knowing how much time is remaining is critical to making good decisions about strategy. That teams can be penalized for being in a certain part of the field during the last fifteen seconds ought to be reason enough to make the remaining time visible throughout the match.

I'm not sure how many other folks who've chimed in here have coached so far this season, but I can't count the number of times I looked toward the large screen to find out how much time was left. When we were assigned to the middle station, I could not see the clock at all and had to run to one end or the other the alliance station and back to see the clock.

I'd also love to be able to know how much time is left in matches that I watch on video. I'm trying to get a sense for how much time it takes partners to climb our lifts and that's difficult to do with the existing display.