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Originally Posted by Brian Maher
Thank you all for the excellent advice and comments, though none of them address one piece of the puzzle I am curious about: interacting with prospective defenders to make sure they're on board with playing defense. I've heard of situations where a team isn't exactly thrilled to be playing defense, despite being picked for them to do so, or is unwilling to put a blocker on their robot for defense purposes. I am looking for advice to avoid situations like this.
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Haha, as far as the actual post, seems like a simple question - Friday afternoon or Saturday morning, you have someone walk over to their drive team and ask "Hi, we're XXXX, we're seeded X, and looks like we're going to be X Alliance Captain; we were impressed with your driving and were interested in picking you during alliance selections as a defensive team. We may also need to slightly modify your robot (or cheesecake your robot depending on how down with the lingo you want to be). Would your team be okay with this?"
If yes, they stay on the pick list. If no, move on to the next team.