Minibot Strategy & Etiquette

[Rob]

Hello CD,

I'm coaching again this year for the first time in 10 years. One thing I noticed is that teams really want to use what they built when they play on the field. At our week 1 regional we had a slow, but reliable mini bot. We noticed that when strategizing before our matches we always had a big discussion about who would get to use the 2 mini bot towers at the end of the match.

I'm wondering what the proper etiquette is for determining who gets to deploy at the end of the match. Obviously teams want to show what they can do, but also need to balance this with doing the best thing in a match.

I know that we wil have a strong deployment & minibot combo in Saint Louis, but I don't want to take opportunities away from our partners when planning how we play matches.

When you are presented with 3 teams who want to deploy but only 2 towers to deploy on, how have you resloved it? I would love to hear your philospophies and stories related to this.

I am really looking forward to Championship this year. Can't wait to see you all in Saint Louis! Hopefully we will ge the chance to use our mini bot revision 2!

Rob