Oakmont Regionals - No scoreboard!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a volunteer who was involved in trying to get it running last weekend at Patriot’s meet. I’ll ask what the issue was, but I believe nobody on the Oakmont staff at the time knew how to operate it. Not 100% sure on that. Again, I’ll check and add a reply.

Me again. For the District meet they spent at least an hour trying to get it to work. These are people who have knowledge about how to typically run a scoreboard. They asked the staff at Oakmont and nobody, including the aquatics manager, knew how to operate it. They even called the person who got it to work for the club Swim and Rock meet and that person basically said they tried and tried and finally got it to work, but they didn’t know what they did that finally worked.

It wasn’t a conscious decision to just not use the scoreboard.

[Anonymous]

Not using the big board has nothing to do with saving money. At a club meet at Oakmont in Nov, the meet started on time using only the small, crummy scoreboard. At some point during the meet one of the meet organizers got the big board up and running.

If VHSL doesn't have the one tech person that knows how to get the big board connected, the big board won't work.

The complaints on this board are embarrassing. If they post the results in the lobby, you get all the information you need, clear as day, the same way meets worked for 50+ years. And you're upset because you didn't get the information fast enough? Call the waaahmbulance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a volunteer who was involved in trying to get it running last weekend at Patriot’s meet. I’ll ask what the issue was, but I believe nobody on the Oakmont staff at the time knew how to operate it. Not 100% sure on that. Again, I’ll check and add a reply.

Me again. For the District meet they spent at least an hour trying to get it to work. These are people who have knowledge about how to typically run a scoreboard. They asked the staff at Oakmont and nobody, including the aquatics manager, knew how to operate it. They even called the person who got it to work for the club Swim and Rock meet and that person basically said they tried and tried and finally got it to work, but they didn’t know what they did that finally worked.

It wasn’t a conscious decision to just not use the scoreboard.

We were at Swim and Rock in November and that Board worked only part of the time and the rest of the time, we were like ho hum we will see results when Meet Mobile is up and we need to pay attention to not miss our swimmer. There is something wrong with that scoreboard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a volunteer who was involved in trying to get it running last weekend at Patriot’s meet. I’ll ask what the issue was, but I believe nobody on the Oakmont staff at the time knew how to operate it. Not 100% sure on that. Again, I’ll check and add a reply.

Me again. For the District meet they spent at least an hour trying to get it to work. These are people who have knowledge about how to typically run a scoreboard. They asked the staff at Oakmont and nobody, including the aquatics manager, knew how to operate it. They even called the person who got it to work for the club Swim and Rock meet and that person basically said they tried and tried and finally got it to work, but they didn’t know what they did that finally worked.

It wasn’t a conscious decision to just not use the scoreboard.

We were at Swim and Rock in November and that Board worked only part of the time and the rest of the time, we were like ho hum we will see results when Meet Mobile is up and we need to pay attention to not miss our swimmer. There is something wrong with that scoreboard.

Which is a shame, because the old one worked just fine.

[Anonymous]

I’m sure this is an oakmont problem. And also oakmont is hesitant to let anyone else try. I remember this at swim and rock. I think the only person who can make it work is the pvs webmaster and it depends on who the staff is at oakmont whether or not they will even let him try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a volunteer who was involved in trying to get it running last weekend at Patriot’s meet. I’ll ask what the issue was, but I believe nobody on the Oakmont staff at the time knew how to operate it. Not 100% sure on that. Again, I’ll check and add a reply.

Me again. For the District meet they spent at least an hour trying to get it to work. These are people who have knowledge about how to typically run a scoreboard. They asked the staff at Oakmont and nobody, including the aquatics manager, knew how to operate it. They even called the person who got it to work for the club Swim and Rock meet and that person basically said they tried and tried and finally got it to work, but they didn’t know what they did that finally worked.

It wasn’t a conscious decision to just not use the scoreboard.

We were at Swim and Rock in November and that Board worked only part of the time and the rest of the time, we were like ho hum we will see results when Meet Mobile is up and we need to pay attention to not miss our swimmer. There is something wrong with that scoreboard.

Yep. That’s meshes. They tired and tired and finally got it to work by pure luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not using the big board has nothing to do with saving money. At a club meet at Oakmont in Nov, the meet started on time using only the small, crummy scoreboard. At some point during the meet one of the meet organizers got the big board up and running.

If VHSL doesn't have the one tech person that knows how to get the big board connected, the big board won't work.

The complaints on this board are embarrassing. If they post the results in the lobby, you get all the information you need, clear as day, the same way meets worked for 50+ years. And you're upset because you didn't get the information fast enough? Call the waaahmbulance.

-50 million

The pool said it is a new board. There is no reason it should not be functioning when it’s needed as taxes were used to acquire and install it. What about the employees there are watching the ads scroll but also know it isn’t used as a scoreboard?

[Anonymous]

could you imagine going to a HS basketball or football game with no scoreboard?

Swim should get to use the board, and swim in facilities with one for post-season meets.

A parent shouldn't have to wait 30 min to see "maybe" a post on the wall. I've been to 5 years of high school dual meets and never seen one. Many races are within milliseconds.

The ADs should figure out what needs to happen to make it happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:could you imagine going to a HS basketball or football game with no scoreboard?

Swim should get to use the board, and swim in facilities with one for post-season meets.

A parent shouldn't have to wait 30 min to see "maybe" a post on the wall. I've been to 5 years of high school dual meets and never seen one. Many races are within milliseconds.

The ADs should figure out what needs to happen to make it happen.

+1000. Absolutely ridiculous that no one can get it to work.

[Anonymous]

Infuriating!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:could you imagine going to a HS basketball or football game with no scoreboard?

Swim should get to use the board, and swim in facilities with one for post-season meets.

A parent shouldn't have to wait 30 min to see "maybe" a post on the wall. I've been to 5 years of high school dual meets and never seen one. Many races are within milliseconds.

The ADs should figure out what needs to happen to make it happen.

Those are run by volunteers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:could you imagine going to a HS basketball or football game with no scoreboard?

Swim should get to use the board, and swim in facilities with one for post-season meets.

A parent shouldn't have to wait 30 min to see "maybe" a post on the wall. I've been to 5 years of high school dual meets and never seen one. Many races are within milliseconds.

The ADs should figure out what needs to happen to make it happen.

Those are run by volunteers.

What are run by volunteers? Basketball scoreboards? Then add them to the volunteer lists for districts and regionals.

[Anonymous]

And pp here. I was a basketball parent also that ran clock and kept box score. It was a volunteer job. So make it a swim volunteer job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:could you imagine going to a HS basketball or football game with no scoreboard?

Swim should get to use the board, and swim in facilities with one for post-season meets.

A parent shouldn't have to wait 30 min to see "maybe" a post on the wall. I've been to 5 years of high school dual meets and never seen one. Many races are within milliseconds.

The ADs should figure out what needs to happen to make it happen.

Those are run by volunteers.

What are run by volunteers? Basketball scoreboards? Then add them to the volunteer lists for districts and regionals.

DP
They already have them. The problem at Oakmont is nobody know how to operate it.

[Anonymous]

Who cares