I think most people have been too harsh on noodles. At the Georgia Southern Classic, very many human players were able to get noodles onto their opponent's side of the field. Teams were able to get an extra 20+ points just from throwing noodles. Some teams with Noodle Jesus watching over them got even more. There weren't too many times robots struggled with noodles on the floor, but sometimes those were noodles thrown by their opposing alliance. I think noodles being useful to comes down to how you answer two questions:
- Are the noodles at your venue "good" (stiff enough to be thrown accurately)?
- Is your human player good at throwing "good" noodles?
If the answer to both are "Yes", I believe you should be throwing noodles. If the answer to the first question is "No", I don't think the noodles are worth being used for that competition. If the answer to the second question is "No", I suggest you train your human player more noodles that can be thrown accurately but aren't absurdly stiff.