A mechanical brake could have been applied this year to help defend full-court shooters. Get into place in front of them, then apply the mechanical brake to prevent an enforcer from pushing you out of the way.
This kind of makes me think we had thought of that for IRI when we tried to defend HOT in our first qual match. We could have blocked them, and not broken our drivetrain. It would have been so much better.
But looking at this game at kickoff day, I never would have thought a mechanical brake could be useful at all.
In 2012 fender shooters could have used them to stay in place.
In 2010, blocking the tunnel and/or a goal.
In 2007 for scoring on the rack.
But clearly it's not made for every game, or even for every role in every game.
I think I'll keep this "defensive wedge-brake-thing" in mind when kickoff day comes.
