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Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink
a functional ball collector that collects an occasional penalty is better than no ball collector at all. 469 may have gotten called for active mechanism above the bumper once or twice, but that doesn't mean their ball deflector switch was a liability. 1918's wide ball collector was physically capable possessing more than one ball at a time, but the ease of ball acquisition outweighed the risk of penalties and the occasional hassle of having to take evasive action.
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Yes this is exactly what I meant by a calculated risk/reward. We also had and extra-wide ball magnet that could easily possess more than one ball, but its extreme effectiveness in easy acquisition made it more than worth the risk. I don't believe we ever recieved a multiple possession call, although I can't claim for sure that it never inadvertently happened.