Quote:
Originally Posted by kaliken
So given all of this. I actually think the true lesson is (in case you are in the unfortunate position that Paul was put in) the message needs to be extremely clear. Essentially.. "We are Broken and will decline all invitations", "we are broken, but are willing to help the alliance if picked. Please come and look at our robot so you can see the extent of our damage so you can make an assessment" (letting other people see allows for clear and open discussion)
|
How is this a necessary lesson? I think the lesson is just the opposite, before a team rules one team out they need to figure out what was meant by that team. Would you trust the team that said they have a 9 disc auto because they told you that? No you'd go check out their matches.
I'm sure Paul told every team the same thing, whatever that may have been, and he was 100% honest about it. And yes teams took that statement different ways. Bottom line if you ruled this team out without ever walking by their pit and seeing what was going on there is no one to blame but yourself here. Maybe Paul told teams they couldn't be fixed because he didn't have the necessary parts to make repairs. But if you had asked them and discovered that all they needed were two parts you had sitting in your pit would you have ruled them out so fast?
Bottom line here scouting isn't over till your done picking.