Is Bag and Tag Necessary?

[KrazyCarl92]

I would be surprised if any team so seamlessly transitions from build season to working exclusively with their practice bot as you suggest. It's certainly an advantage, but building two things as complicated as FRC robots to be identical is about as possible as having two exactly identical thanksgiving meals with the same exact recipes. In many cases, there's a different set of people doing the building or analogous cooking. The two machines will be very similar, but the challenge lies in being realistic about the minor inevitable differences. Last year our team had a competition robot that shot 3 baskets in all year at three events, but a practice bot at home hitting 90% of its shots from the key. It's in no way easy because you have 2 robots.

Building a second robot is an earned advantage by teams. Also, getting rid of bag and tag would prolong the agony of build season until the nights right before tournaments and nobody really wants that to happen. For most teams, the work expands to fill the allotted time, not the other way around.