controversial opinion?

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Posted by colleen.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Other on team #126, No, from what team I haven't decided yet and I don't know how I will!.

Posted on 7/15/99 1:54 PM MST


In Reply to: controversial opinion? posted by Daniel on 7/15/99 10:57 AM MST:



Personally, I was standing right on that edge of the field waiting to play when that match happened. I feel the refs were completely right in the call they made. You guys were unnecessarily rough. Now I'm a fan of rough and tumble play- sure, an instigator of a lot of it in many matches, however there is a line and a difference.
Example- in regionals and in Rumble we played in elimination matches against Team #177, an awesome robot. In almost all of the six matches we played, including the two at Rumble, they used their arm to try and block our basket from raising. Perfectly legal. Difference was we were on the move, at the puck, trying to triple, drag the puck and raise. We were in the heat of battle and asking to be hit hard. They broke our basket once and did some damage the other time- but I commend them on their tough robot and great driving. That was part of the match. In you guys case, 178 wasn't doing anything, they were just raising their basket. And fine if you want to rest your arm on top, but you guys were pushing and pushing down to the extreme.
I think you would have been fine provided you just held your arm on top or if they started fighting back- but in that situation, there was no other call for the refs to make.