Einstein Finals: Curie (469, 1114, 2041) vs. Newton (67, 177, 294)

[Cory]

Originally Posted by jblay

This was the initial flaw I saw in the Curie alliance and the only reason that Archimedes didn't manage to capitalize on this was that the hangers on their alliance weren't the ones who played the two closer zones. Either 233 or 254 needed to stay in the back zone and that alliance didn't have the advantage of the double hang unless they freed up the far zone at the end of the match. 3357 was a great close zone scoring bot and did a great job throughout the competition but I don't think they were the right fit for that alliance. With all the talent on Archimedes I think that 233 and 254 should have picked up either a close zone robot that could hang or a robot that could solidly play the far zone.

We lost because we played poorly, not because one of our two hangers was in the back. We simply could not get free from 2041 who did a fantastic job neutralizing us.

We knew exactly what we needed to do to break 469's cycle. We watched every single video there is of them. We studied how 217/67 won (and lost) against them. We spent hours practicing in our lab against a looper. We knew exactly where the balls were going to go...we just could not get to them. Again, 2041 did an unbelievable job locking us up for the duration of both matches.

In the finals I thought 1114 should have played 67 exactly how they played us. Versus us they stayed in the middle and fought 233 for control of midfield. 233 did an admirable job and held their own, but 1114 definitely slowed them down, as well as put a few more balls in their own cycle.

Against 67 1114 played home zone almost exclusively and as a result 67 was in the midfield completely uncontested and scored nearly every single shot they took.