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Originally Posted by Chris is me
As helpful as qualitative data is, you will not make good defensive picks using anything but your smartest minds watching the field and figuring out what people are doing.
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. Blocking a goal or herding a ball is often better than trying to push or pin. (See QF1 and QF2 at WPI for a direct comparison of these methods  ) |
I would like to second this; in particular, I cite a qualification match my team was in at DC. We are a defensively designmed machine, and as such we typically played in the third zone. With DC as a week one regional, we experienced the infamous losses of connection and thus frequently lost all control of our machine at random during a match. During the particular match I'm thinking of, we lost comm about 20 seconds into the match, but had managed to wedge the balls against the wall and park right in front of the goal, allowing us to sit there providing airtight defence. I specifically remember this match as being hilarious afterwards, as our teammate complimented our driving, despite the fact that we were unable to move for the majority of the match.
