[Chris Hibner]

Adam makes a very interesting point. There were several matches at Kettering where we knew that having a two robot balance would guarantee a win, but neither partner could manipulate the bridge, and we always went for the coop bridge. We spent the vast majority of those matches helping partners on the alliance bridge, then balancing on the coop bridge. I don't even know if we shot a ball in teleop in those matches (maybe one or two).

This will change in the later competitions. First, just getting a two bot balance won't be good enough. Also, a lot of teams will work on getting a working bridge manipulator. OPR will probably be more representative in later competitions, but it probably is too bad now (with the coop points thrown in).