[MrJohnston]

It's all about match-ups. For instance:
A really good, tall full-court shooter can put up 140 points single match single-handedly if undefended. (18 pt autonomous, 41/51 scored disks from the feeder). With nothing more than partners, each with 18 point autonomous routines each, we're looking at nearly 180 points. If either can pick up disks, we'd be looking at scores in the 200's.

For the most part, you will need to defend against the FCS if you want to beat them. How? Easy, right? Put up an 84" blocker... However,
1) If the FCS has a strong drive train, you will need one, too - unless you want to be pushed across the autoline, incurring pentalities or lowering the shield allowing it to shoot.
2) If the FCS has mechanum wheels, you will need something similar in order to stay in front of it as it goes to the other side of the pyramid to shoot.
3) If the FCS has something in between... it might be able to beat you both ways.

Of course, there are other ways to deal with the tall FCS - such as not letting it get to the protected feeder with a short, nimble bot - or two, playing tag team. Taller robots are generally not nearly as nimble as shorter bots and have to be careful - lest they fall - and have a major disadvantage in that they cannot go under the pyramids.

In other words, no matter what you have, there is a way around it. I don't know of many teams able to change out a drive train between matches based on their next opponents...

I would expect that they key to making it to Einstein is to have three robots that each do a couple of things very, very well and whose abilities complement one-another. Moreover, they must have very good drivers and coaches who can make changes quickly. Plus, they must have a strategy coach who understands the strenghts and weakensses of both teams can can exploit them.