[GaryVoshol]

You cannot point to any one individual team and say their results this year proved or disproved any "leveling" concept. Teams change from year to year all on their own. Case in point, a couple years ago we got down to the final pick by the #1 alliance at GLR. I suddenly realized that two unpicked teams still on the sidelines had been on the Einstein winning alliance the previous year. At least one of them wasn't going to be in the finals at GLR.

How teams adapt to the challenges given each year by the GDC determines whether teams are a perennial powerhouse or a one-flash wonder. Or anywhere in between.