[ekovacs]

I strongly agree with what you are saying because the FTC team I am on spends hours upon hours working on autonomous programs. We were able to successfully execute a double ring autonomous in competition which gave us a large advantage before teleop even started. We thought that one of the most frustrating things in all of FTC is that the hours of time that we put into making an accurate autonomous program can be neutralized in a few minutes with a simple program that involves crossing the center line and then driving straight for 10 seconds.

From a programming standpoint, I feel that teams would spend more time perfecting an offensive autonomous than a quick and easy defensive program. Frankly, the programmers would probably learn a little more by writing that type of a program.