My grandfather used to say, "If a rabbit had a hip pocket he'd carry a gun to keep the dogs off." Grandparents the world over have given similar counsel to young'uns fretting over what "should have" happened but didn't.
I was really close to the field during the finals at St. Louis. The winning alliance earned that win -- no "should have" about it. I also think two top-flight tubers like 148 and 217 might have fared better if both had stayed in peak working condition throughout the finals.
What I really want to see is
three top-flight tubers, with quick grabbers and superior drivetrains, on Einstein, hanging 'em high and quick, and putting the match out of bonus-reach. That would be cool.
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Richard Wallace
Mentor since 2011 for FRC 3620 Average Joes (St. Joseph, Michigan)
Mentor 2002-10 for FRC 931 Perpetual Chaos (St. Louis, Missouri)
since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)