how effective are the herders/dumpers?

[sheltie234]

At the beginning of the season, our team thought dumpers would be too easily blocked, inneffective... so we went with a shooter. Well, at Phoenix, we saw how effective dumpers are in autonomous. Our shooter can pan and tilt, so we can easily miss three or four balls, but many teams (dumpers) just went to the side goals and got a quick and easy ten points!

[Jack Jones]

Originally Posted by sheltie234

At the beginning of the season, our team thought dumpers would be too easily blocked, inneffective... so we went with a shooter. Well, at Phoenix, we saw how effective dumpers are in autonomous. Our shooter can pan and tilt, so we can easily miss three or four balls, but many teams (dumpers) just went to the side goals and got a quick and easy ten points!

If you get off ten shots with four misses, then that's 18 points. The ten "easy" points is effective against that only when their partners can make up the other nine.

More yet, those ten points aren't all that easy. A mad dash to the opposite corner to stop the dump is just as easy.

The real value a dumper has when they gather many balls and score them during regular play. But again, they must be aligned with a very good shooter, or two, to keep the opposition from goal tending.

You made the right choice.