how effective are the herders/dumpers?

[Mullen]

i know early on many people were doubting the abilities of low-goal only ball herders. now that we are almost done with regionals, how do people feel now? have you seen any ball herders that have really stuck out? how often did you see the outcome of a match greatly affected by a herder?

we here at 1504 are a low-goal ball herder and we just finished up our 2nd and final regional in wisconson. we were the 7th seed alliance captain in detroit and ranked 5th in wisconson (chosen by 3rd seeded alliance). we could easily put in about 30 balls a match in wisconson and were very effective defensively.