Driving Skill

[Andy Grady]

After extensive thought about this years game, and discussion on the multiple strategies with my team. I have come down to one major conclusion about this years game, before it even starts...it's all about driving skill. This is not a battle of who has the stronger robot, who can stack higher, who can push more totes. This is a pure blooded, man and machine versus man and machine, brain versus brain, driving skill challenge. This year more than any other year will show who the true best robot drivers in the world are. Thats all this game is. You can strategize til cows fall from the sky, but in the end the only thing that makes a lick of difference is how good are your drivers. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, and actually from what I saw at UTC, this game may be the most exciting ever (barring the autonomous period...sorry FIRST, I just can't buy this one). I just kinda miss the old days when the game was about putting the ball in the goal, and the machines made the game.

Good Luck All,
Andy Grady