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Originally Posted by eneubec1
2.) A strong defensive robot that can also pass and catch is not necessarily something teams look for in their scouting reports. ** This is a key point that I need some feedback around.
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I think that any team that isn't looking at these things is doing their scouting wrong. It's a one-ball game; not everyone can be scoring at the same time which makes it that much more important.
We picked a team that sounds fairly similar to yours at the Central Valley regional, and found great success in working with them. Experienced scouts do notice this kind of stuff; we later found out that 254 was originally considering picking 5136 with the 1st pick as an inbounder and defense bot. They ultimately chose to pick 973, but if 973 hadn't made their comeback (and what a comeback it was), we wouldn't have gotten a chance to work with 5136, who proved to be an incredibly effective inbounder with solid defense.
Adding the extra auto capabilities certainly can't hurt. As far as pitching to the top 8 teams, it can work, although their scouts should notice you guys. One of the issues with scouting is it is difficult to objectively scout defense, so make sure you point it out to teams' subjective scouts when they ask questions! Clean, effective defense will be noticed by good scouts.
Keep doing what you do best. It's way better to have a robot that can do one thing, and extremely well, than to have a robot that is mediocre at everything.