[Alpha Beta]

Making eliminations required a higher level of proficiency this year than most. We were in a position to make the #24 pick 3 times this year and twice we were amazed to find a robot still available with an autonomous, great drivetrain for defense, weight available to add a full court blocker, and a reliable 10 pt hang. When making our pick list for our last picks the following were our desired characteristcs in order:

#1. drivetrain and driver skill
#2. autonomous consistency from a non-center position
#3. weight and mounting structure available to add a full court blocker if not already built into the robot.
#4. fast hang/climb (slow climbers spend too long not playing defense)

Hang was further down the list because it required the robot to break off a devensive assignment, where a solid autonomous did not.

Now to make eliminations at champs was a whole different ball game. We had a bevy of quality full court shooters with auto and reliable hangs to choose from with the 24th pick. 2471, 180, and 503 were all interesting options in our scouting list before the Holy Cows made their final choice.

TLDR: The quality of robots this year raised the stakes considerably on what did and didnot make the final 24 for eliminations.