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You are right that they are inter-twined. you need to know what is feasible when you discuss strategy, so you have to explore design concepts.
But, Strategy is the key! If you build your robot around a strategy you haven't put enough thought into, even if it is well made, there's a good chance you aren't going to win. You can design to specs and build robustly with ease of control and all the good design priniciples, put if you're strategy isn't sound, you'll end up with a well built, easy to control, hardy bot that won't win or get picked becasue there are a heck of alot of teams out there, with alot of smart people trying to figure out "The One" strategy (w/scenario mods) that will get them into the winner's circle one way or the other!
Your lead is trying to get you to think of all the options, so that at week 5 your not smacking your forehead going "Ohhhh, we can't score ball points without goal control" (simplified, but you get the gist.) The robot design should flow from the strategy, not the other way around.
Don't worry robot design and component design are just around the corner! Good luck. -Joe
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I also would not recommend shipping the gerbils with the robot. - Stuart [more] 
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