Week 3 analysis

[Christopher149]

At Escanaba, the biggest thing is effective ball handling. When robots either have 1) only bumpers to touch the ball or 2) something poor system that ball can easily fall out of, it is very hard to earn possessions and assists. Not earning assists quickly kills matches, whether or not there are any shooters. 857's best matches, with the available bots, were 1) load in 857 2) 857 trusses 3) other team grabs ball 4) other team high goals ball. Or if 857 had to pick up, a slick pick up wins matches; it jamming kills matches

If you can't shoot in the high goal, stop trying and get in the 1-point.

For Esky, if alliance selection is any indication, there was a "wasteland" or "valley of death" from about seed 24 to 30 (of 36 teams) that weren't good at scoring or defense. Higher ranks could score; lower ranks could play defense. Ranking also isn't the greatest: #12 seed only got into elims as a back-up.