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Originally Posted by Justin Montois
Match Strategy and Driver Practice will trump all in my opinion.
If you look at the questions purely in the statistical sense "great" robots might have higher shooting percentages, cross defenses very quickly ETC.
However, I define the great teams as the ones that win regionals/districts. In this sense, the pure stats don't matter. All that matters is wins. I believe teams that win the most will be the ones with the most practiced drive teams and the best match strategy each and every match even if their robot is statistically "worse" than other robots.
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I suspect that OPR will be an even better metric this year than it has been with some others. OPR is based on your alliance scores, not just your own individual performance.
Great robots will do a lot on their own. Great teams will not only get the most out of their own robot, but they will also be able to plan, sell, and implement an effective match strategy that gets their various partners to produce efficiently and function as true alliance. They will have effective scouting that gets the needed information to the right people in a timely fashion. They will have a pit crew that keeps the robot functional and makes sure the alliance partners are operable. They will be able to maintain a sense of order in the chaos of the match.
I think that what will separate the "good" from the "great" is the team behind the robot.