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Originally Posted by JABot67
Then again, look at Galileo last year. 971, the undefeated champions of Silicon Valley and an extremely effective scorer, were the LAST pick of alliance selection. Team 20 WASN'T PICKED.
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Galileo 2009 was an anomaly in many ways. It was deepest division for top-tier robots and was quite deep in the 2nd tier as well. The reason 971 slipped to the last pick of the draft is because they had big problems on Thursday (showed up to 1 practice match at most) & Friday (died repeatedly, was under-performing all day) and didn't show a consistent ability to score until Saturday morning. That said, by the time the dust settled on Galileo it was obvious, to me at least, that they were the 5th or 6th best robot in the division.
I'm with the camp that believes the MI State Championship is more competitive than the divisions in Atlanta. The top tier is probably comparable, but the middle & bottom are much better in MI.