2014 Lessons Learned: The positive

[Chief Hedgehog]

Originally Posted by asid61

This about sums it up for me. Last year was a lot less interesting in terms of strategy- you picked up frisbees and shot them. Then you climbed. This year, there are many different ways to play, allowing younger teams to do really well.

I agree, but this year's rookies/young teams needed to be solid - meaning that they had to be able to contribute to the play. I love how FRC incorporates young teams and allows them to qualify for the Championships - but in order to prove their meddle, they needed to be at the top of their game.

I think that we saw this play out in the alliances that made it to Einstein - with no team less than a few years old contributing to the field play.