[burkechrs1]

Something the drivers need to learn for this game is to adjust there gameplay on the fly. We're all going to hit by defense that we think is unfair, strictly because it is really good and because of it we can't score. I learned real quickly that our robot couldn't outpush most people, so for the rest of the regional instead of pushing back I ran away. There is always going to be some other robot trying to stop you, the robot with the smartest driver is going to win the battle. You don't need to push back or be faster, just play smarter and don't think that because you have a plan you need to stick to it. In our last quarterfianls match I realized that they were playing such good defense that i wasn't going ot be able to score that I gave up on scoring and played defense on there scoring bot and chose to rely on ramps to win. It made it a much closer game than it would have been if I didn't do that. That just shows that strategy is not set in stone and it can and sometimes must be altered on the fly in order to be successful. SO I think we should stop complaining about playing to rough and losing cuz we got tipped and just play smarter at our next regional or at nationals. And if you don't have any regionals left and aren't going to nationals then talking about it is fine but it isn't going to change that fact that you lost and there is nothing you can do about it.

On that note, I would like to say that I like the fact that this is one of the roughest games to date. In fact the fact that these games do get rough is one reason why I joined the team my freshman year. It brings people in. Nobody wants to watch a game that involves no contact.... It's just.... boring =D