Mecanum vs. Tank Drive?

[Lord Basket]

Originally Posted by Taylor

However, I have noticed that the people who proclaim they'd never ally with a mecanum robot, aren't usually in a picking position.

While that may be the case sometimes, look at what members of consistently great teams are posting in this thread. Members of Citrus Circuits, Techfire and Robovikes literally posted one-word answers that just say "tank" and a member of the Cheesy Poofs posted "Just say no to mecanum drive." A member of TORC posted a more detailed response, but the conclusion was the same. Those teams are some of the best in the world and are in a picking position every year. While they haven't explicitly said they'd never pick a mecanum robot, they don't seem to think too highly of mecanums, to say the least.