11-02-2011, 08:26
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no bag, vex only, final destination
AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,684
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Re: What criteria do you use for "good" defender?
Usually the regional has 1-3 standout defenders, a whole bunch (5) that keep away from penalties and kind of get in the way but don't really do anything, and the rest are never worth it.
Picking for defense is something I've usually done only when they can bring something else to the table. In 2010, 1124 at WPI had one of the few functioning autonomous modes in the second round which we used to advance a ball forward. 173 at Connecticut had a reliable 3 ball autonomous mode which kept the front zone dry for the first bit of the match.
Also, functioning swerve drives as defenders are awesome. Just sayin'.
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