2005 West Michigan

[Not2B]

Originally Posted by Matt Reiland

From what I saw of 67, their robot was running very nicely, the arm system (as usual) was very articulate and worked fast. The problem that I saw was than in every match on Friday, immediately an opponent came down and did nothing but hinder them for the entire match. 302 actually proved extremely effective at this in all of the matches I watched so did 322. So it left 67 with having to perfectly get to the load stations then outmaneuver the guarding robot then try and get to the goal then drop a tetra while getting pushed repeatedly. They actually managed to do it more than I would expect under those conditions with the aid of a good driver and a maneuverable swerve drive. Definitely like the robot, amazing how many people were complaining to the refs about your feelers on the front even after the refs agreed they were OK!?

I think that BECAUSE 67 had an amazing robot, they had so much trouble. Our after watching a few matches at GLR, we KNEW someone had to go run interference with 67 if we were to have a chance. It's like double teaming Michael Jordan. And this year was one year I am glad we are a relatively unknown team. No one bothered us, no one came to block us (for the most part), and let us score about 5-6 tetras a match. Most good teams can't score 5-6 tetras when they are getting pounded all match.