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Re: Teams to watch out for in week 3

Basically, in the SF and Finals at Detroit we were going against alliances with defensive beasts (440 in the SF and 2832 in the Finals) and knew they would try to cut off 51 from getting back to our scoring zone. 51 has a high maneuverable slide drive and can go around defense, but can't really push through it. We have a 6WD with 6 motors using IFI traction wheels and can push through most teams so we felt it was better to keep 51 scoring and have 3096 and us get all of the tubes.

This is a strategy that only works in certain situations and worked well for us in a couple of instances. It requires a lot of faith in your partners and constant communication between the drive coaches.

A big part of the credit for this successful strategy goes to the three drive coaches on our alliance; Tito, Josh, and my brother Mike but that is for another thread.
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