[BJC]

I too was at Kettering and watched them put every ball in the home zone away. Defense didn't really seem to affect their performance. That said any good robot can be a striker. 217 comes to mind, even though they don't have a variable kicker and would generally kick it off the target above the goal if they tried to shoot from most positions in the home zone. They still found their nitch in the home zone anyway. Their awesome at herding balls into the goal and are more effective then they probably would be from the middle or far zone.

1114 and 67 on the other hand, are probably more effective in the middle zone because of their ability (forgive the basketball saying) to turn and shoot then do it again and again and again.

However, I have not seen and really amazing defenders that can consistantly kick balls all the way down to their home zone to be scored.

It seems that for the most part once a ball is in your home zone it doesn't come out until its scored.

My 2 cents