[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Monochron

Even in 2014 your robot could play most any role very effectively, it is just that at your level of play there were other robots who did other tasks better than your robot could. So naturally you fall into roles. That is just a natural part of competition, that robots will fill roles that they excel at. The fact that you could fill most any role (and do so better than a large amount of teams) means that you weren't really a specialist.

1678 was not particularly good at high goal shooting in teleop, due to the distance away from the goal needed for the shot and the vulnerability to defense. Since anybody that could shoot over the truss was technically able to shoot in the high goal, your caveat as written would eliminate any robot from being considered a "truss specialist". This specialized role was probably the best task for a mid-level team in 2014, as it was significantly easier than high goal shooting, contributed consistent points regardless of number of assists / method of finishing, and was a valuable way to pass the ball to a human player.