[Brandon Holley]

Hands down you gotta give this years game to speed:

When you are "gearing for torque" with your robot, you are asking to do one thing...push other robots around so you don't get pushed around. Over my 6 years of FIRST I've come to the conclusion that pushing matches are THE BIGGEST waste of time. Ive taught our drivers that if you're approaching a team on the field, and it looks like its gonna end up as a pushing match, turn around and go the other way because all youa re doing is wasting time.

I would much rather be the team that can run all over the place without anyone catching me. If a team is blocking 1 leg, backup, get around them, and score on a different leg, and then get out of there. There is nothing to gain from aimlessly pushing people around.

People say the best offense is a good defense, but really, the best offense is forcing the other team to play defense because once they're not trying to score, they're not scoring. I'm not saying every robot thats "torqued out" is playing defense, but defensive bots tend to be the powerhouse drivetrains that can slap people around.

Just my 2 cents..