In 7 seasons of driver coaching, 3 of which my team has been successful out of the gate, there have been relatively few instances in Quals where I felt it may have been prudent to ask an alliance partner to
not do something.
Want to do your 1-ball autonomous? Who are we to say no? My driver can probably get an errant ball regardless.
Want to put your ball on the field but not move it in autonomous? It's not the worst thing in the world.
Want to do your 2-ball autonomous you just created? Well, if you've done it on the practice field then sure. Otherwise we want to do our own 2-ball autonomous, depending on how "hard" the match is expected to be. If it's expected to be a blow-out, then generally I'll agree that you can do yours.
Want to play uber defense after consistently acquiring 100 foul points? I'm fooling myself if I want to believe you'll agree to a "no", especially on Saturday morning. You can do it, but you should at least touch our inbounded ball first.
Want to play high-goaler but you're typically 25% accuracy? I think the TRUSS is much better for you and (honestly) would play a key role in getting massive assist points if you do it right.
Finally, it has historically been easier for a team to agree to uber 'wingman' than uber defense, but I have yet to play this 2014 game. I have watched 8 streams at once though
