Great Lakes Regional 08

[FoleyEngineer]

Originally Posted by Paul Copioli

Team 910 - I can't believe you guys were left available to us in the second round. You have a great team and your strategic play was also very amazing. The ball hand-off was one of the most memorable plays we had this year. It wa a fun set of elimination matches.

Paul,
Thanks. We were tweaking out launcher and control system, and beefing up our arms right up to the playoffs. We knew we'd be ready to go when/if we were chosen. When we played together in the playoffs and were able to hurdle 3 and 4 times per match plus get the 3 or 4 lines in hybrid, I think that was a real significant boost from a third alliance partner, and as you called it a "rope-a-dope"! Plus, when they played D on you, it left us free to shoot and hurdle balls to you which was such a blast. My wife said that "hand-to-hand" ball transfer was really neat to watch. We opened up our arms and it looked like, "Here! We've got a present for you!" and then you reached in and took it and we sped off to get another. What a riot!