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Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink
Our experiences with 67, both as partners and opponents, have always been positive.
There have been a lot of good points made in this thread. I particularly agree with Adam Freeman about the need for a separate thread about Qualification Match etiquette vs. Elimination Round etiquette. I have a rather strong opinion about elimination rounds - the captain has final say on strategy and tactics. For qualifications rounds I'm still not quite sure what the proper etiquette is. We try to come in with a well reasoned plan, and usually our alliance partners go along. When there are different opinions, I'm never sure how hard I should push, or when I should shut up and agree to something I'm not fully on-board with. A lot of it depends on who you are talking to, and sometimes you have different ways of looking at things or different short term priorities. Regardless, we always do our best to start with some plan and follow it as best we can (say what you'll do and do what you say).
Also, its a different world behind the glass. I urge everbody to take any perceived insult or perceived intentional deviations from the plan with a grain of salt.
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Wayne
I agree that it can be hard to know how hard to push for "your" strategy in qualification matches, especially if you feel that your own strategy is more firmly anchored in good scouting, a realistic assessment of robot capabilities and how to play that year's game. One issue we ran into last year was that in our opinion the best way to maximize alliance score was to not have all three robots trying to score tubes, but of course everyone wants their team to see their robot scoring tubes. Working out how hard to push on this point was challenging. Especially when you think a match will be close, getting the balance right between the strategy most likely to give the alliance a win vs making everyone on the alliance happy about their robot's role on the field can be difficult.
It is indeed a different world behind the glass, both for coaches and students. We have two young ladies as driver and operator this year who are both going to be majoring in piano performance at college next year. I'm convinced that their experience of performing in front of other people is an asset to our drive team, something I hadn't really considered before they started driving.
Noel