[Steven Donow]

In my opinion, swerve is pretty much one of the most versatile drivetrains and almost always provides some form of advantage in the game each year, but the general rule of thumb (that I believe was present in 1114's strategy or drivetrain design presentation) is that if you've never done swerve before (either in offseason or regular season), don't do it. The 6 week build season is just not complementary at all to the designing, construction, and TESTING of a swerve drive.