Unusual number of teams declining

[Jon Jack]

Originally Posted by Matt Howard

Which "stuck up" team are you referring to? I'm curious now.

Since The Holy Cows were one of the two teams Austin is referring to, I too am curious.

I cannot speak for 359 (the other team to decline the #2 seed), but I will speak for my team...

Once we had effectively clinched our Top 8 seed, we began weighing our options. After looking at statistics and attributes, we determined that the #2 seed did not compliment our robot well. As rwood stated, we made it to the Top 8 - we had the right to execute our own strategy. Furthermore, I felt the field of teams had enough effective 'near zone' robots that if we declined we could pick up a decent near zone robot and have our pick of defensive robots in the second round.

With the serpentine draft (1-8, 8-1) it is possible to build a stronger alliance from a lower seed. I felt we did just that. With our first pick, we grabbed 1388 - a team which could play the middle zone or the near zone and could hang. With our second pick we grabbed 668 - who was arguably the best defensive robot there, they allowed 1 goal through the quarter-final rounds.

We declined the #2 seed, not because we're 'stuck up' - but because we felt it would give us the best chance to win.

Austin, in the future - maybe you should get your facts straight before you start making accusations. You really make yourself sound ignorant and bitter when you call people 'stuck up' for declining an invitation.