[Adam Freeman]

Show me a "good team" that isn't a "smart team" in FRC.

For this game, one individual robot machine can only do some to help an alliance. A really good scorer still needs someone to pass to it to get the extra points for assists. A really good passer still needs someone to score for it.

With that being said, I think your hypothetical question should be a "smart team" v. a "good robot".

In that case, the "smart team" will win everytime. They will put their alliance partners in a position to help best enhance each teams strengths, while reducing their opportunities to expose their weaknesses.

A team with a good robot, that isn't very smart will play to their own strengths, without thinking about what their alliance partners strengths/weaknesses.

By the time Championships come around, every good machine (Top25?) will be able to execute a score/pass/truss action as well as the next one. This game will really come down to which alliance best utilizes it's entire alliances strengths and capitalizes on the other teams weaknesses.

Execution is always important, but getting the ENTIRE alliance to execute perfectly, with one purpose, will be what it takes to win this year.