[Rman1923]

Speaking as a human player this year, there are many good reasons to throw noodles and not to throw noodles.
Doing a Cost-Benefit Analysis, throwing noodles is a kind of risk that you have to take and it really depends on the bot.

Cost (in order from most worst to least worst scenarios/ consequences):
You Risk...
- Getting the noodle on top of a Scoring Platform on your alliance (leading to problems for the space to stack and your alliances scoring abilities)
- Getting the noodle stuck on your landfill early in the match (resulting in trouble for a landfill bot)
- Getting the noodle stuck on the ground where your own alliance could get stuck on them or damage (which results in a field damage penalty)

Benefit
You Gain
- 4 points for each noodle in the other alliances auto and robot zone
- 2 points for each noodle in your landfill zone at the end of the match
You could
- Limit the amount of moves the other alliance has (by blocking their path)
- Limit the space on their scoring platform (thus in rare cases lowering their points)
- Block a key part of their robot (and stop their ability to score) <-- I did this once
- Noodle snipe and knock over one of their stacks while it's still on their robot<-- saw this once

Although the last two are unlikely, they are possible. it just tells you that the game designers made noodles part of the game just so that it wasn't a completely offensive game (although some could argue that some fat, big robots are defensive bots to even their own alliance partners). Noodles are meant to be thrown and as long as you can consistently get them past the landfill zones, you gucci.

My Strategy
For Co-op/ most qualification matches
- Help other H.P(s) with their totes for the H.P stations (drag stacks) during auton
- Keep refilling these stations until co-op is done
- if there are thirty seconds or less left, don't throw noodles
- otherwise, throw from the H.P station or not at all (i can throw from behind drive teams, but it's hella risky)

For Elim matches or no co-op matches
- Help other H.P(s) with their totes for the H.P stations (drag stacks) during auton
- Keep refilling these stations as needed- unless there is a station not being used
- If there isn't a station being used, take as many noodles needed (usually leave three for bins), throw
- Don't throw if the stations are both being used.

All in all, make sure it's appropriate for you to throw the noodles and make sure you are consistent.
Talk with your drive coach and make sure you understand completely why you were treated that way, definitely have another mentor with you.