Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes (Post 1609511)

It might have been closer than you think. 2502 had a really rough time at 10K this year, we had them ranked 23rd according to our scouting data until their last match.

If that match hadn't happened, we and many others likely wouldn't have selected them even if they had been available on the back end of the draft.

Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard (Post 1609418)

A stronghold dream alliance would have to:
Have three robots with high throughput in the high goal, preferably difficult to defend and shooting from different locations.
Have three climbs that can climb simultaneously.
Have as many balls in autonomous as possible without requiring the same field space.

971, 254, 1678, and 195 were the most proven 2 ball autonomous modes, but 1678, 971 and 195 all usually use the low bar. In addition, 195 and 254 have low release points, and defense can impact their scoring more than, for example, 971 and 1678. Additionally, how much these team's climbs would interfere with one another is a question. As a result, I might substitute 148 in for one of the three teams instead.

Something like 971-254-148 or 971-1678-148. But really you could argue for any combination of these teams.