2008 Davis Sacramento Regional

[Sam N.]

Originally Posted by Andy L

I think the head ref did fine, every time I had a question about the rules through SVR and Davis Andy would always answer the question exactly to the rule.

On the other hand there was a couple times where I would be standing behind our drivers see a team pull around FULL SPEED into our drivers station then go over a line backwards and NO PENALTY, no g22, no ramming, nothing. I look up to see the ref who's supposed to be watching our area looking across the field.

On the other hand I liked the MC and the Announcer, I think this was the first time doing mc or announcer for them.

I'm glad someone else caught the ridiculous call inconsistencies. The MC was great. Not as good as Mark Leon but still cool.

We were all sick of the disembodied voice by the end of Davis. (but that's just one team's opinion)

We're going to write a letter to FIRST to complain about how the refs can inadvertently carry one alliance to victory over another. The game this year had the potential to be great (I was very excited at kickoff) but between penalties and the referees, it turned into one big headache.

Despite my complaining and outright anger, the matches we played were honest-to-goodness fun. We all had a great time. Congratulations to all teams.

Sam