looking at OPR across events

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Originally Posted by Michael Hill

I'd like to see an OPR justification for why 254 chose 973 and 2135 at CVR. Until then, I'd much rather rely on actual scouting data for real performance evaluation. This game has more facets to it than usual, and there are more ways of scoring points. Previously, points were mostly scored by putting something into a goal. This year, many more things have to be done to get points (and a win). This year is all about choosing compatible robots, not just ones who can put points on the board by themselves. 973 was second to last in OPR at Central Valley, but does that mean that they didn't perform well? Sure, the top teams that can put sick points up are going to bubble to the top, but after about 20-30 teams (overall), it's a big jumble. Isn't it the teams after 20-30 the ones you really care about?

OPR is a BS metric this year. This game isn't about scoring. Pretty much every other game in FIRST has required more than one good offensive robot, so you are forced to pick the second best scoring bot at the event, as the #1 seed. Not this one.

You need three things in this game. A really good front court robot that is going to make 90%+ of the shots they take, has a good intake, and isn't afraid to play some defense, a midfielder that is able to transition from assisting to defense on the fly, and an inbounder that can quickly pass the ball to the midfielder as well as play a bit of D or throw some picks for the midfielder to get away from defense to execute the pass.

Two high scoring robots is the flashy alliance that looks great on paper but unless they can transition into those defensive roles on the fly they're not going to stand up to the above alliance. I don't think you will see examples of more brutal defense than what we saw in the CVR finals. If you can't counter that with equally effective defense of your own, or counter defense to free up your front court robot, you're in a world of hurt.