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Originally Posted by Chris is me
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If you're looking for "who pushes the best" or "how long a pin they have" or whatnot, you're not looking for people who play smart defense. Sometimes the smartest defensive move is not to move, something many drivers don't seem to fathom.
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This implies that pushing defense around is not smart defense. After watching 171 in Wisconsin and 2041 in Minnesota, pushing defense is certianly effective. Obviously, this is not the only way to play defense, but it is the way that requires certian traits of the robots. Anyone can sit infront of the goal or herd a ball, but not everyone can push and pin. The alliance partners can tell a robot with 8 traction wheels to sit in front of the goal and not move, but cannot tell a robot with a mechanum drive to push other robots around.
I think this just underscores the point that you cannot pick teams just based off one thing. You don't just pick a team based on the fact they have scored the most goals nor do you pick a team just because they can push anyone. There are many many factors that need to be weighed.