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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
And if you want the most blunt response you'll likely get in this thread - Sometimes the nicest thing you could do for the team is to not make them play. Just let them observe how an alliance communicates, the stresses of elimination play, and what decisions go into it. I think we're awfully focused on the robot being out there, but less focused on the more important issue of what teams take away from playing with strong teams.
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Also we forget sometimes that the other teams have input in to this. I know if I was on a team that couldn't contribute I'd be working to make it contribute and I'd keep it off the field. Hurting your alliance no matter what the intentions doesn't really help anyone.
We sat out our first few matches at Rock City while rebuilding our robot. We could have driven in all those matches but nothing else. It didn't make sense for us to get in our partners way, we asked most of our partners if they were okay with that decision or did they want us to drive. None of them choose drive.
Going back to last year we played with teams who were happy to just sit and inbound the ball, and at times we played matches where we were happy to sit and inbound the ball. Strategy decisions should be left up the alliance.