[Max Boord]

I think it comes down to specifics. I had to look at our match schedule and decide on a strategy to discuss with our alliance partners and sometimes a team needed to be put on full time defense/ put in a corner but to request so I went through a process:

1. Can this team be used for ANYTHING useful?
2. Can the other teams playing in that match improve the useless team to the point where they are no longer a detriment?
3. If 2 is a yes can we improve there mechanism, strategy, code and or driver skill in the ~ 1 hour time frame we generally had.
4. If the robot is still not competitive politely ask them to sit in a corner/ play defense. This should be done with scouting data and justification from both alliance partners showing that the match is more likely to be won with this strategy than by having them do an offensive task. I have truly never found a team who was mad about winning the match.