Favorite Teams that did not get picked

[Ken358]

I agree that 237 would have been a great pick. They had an awesome machine and are an excellent team. We won with them in NYC in 2002. It is too bad that they went unrecognized.

Thanks Lucas and sw293 for believing in us.

We (358) would have liked to have gone to the show, but the teams that went deserved it. The alliance that went on from Galileo (56,64,254) was arguably comprised the best machines there. Although it is never feels good to turn down an invitation from another team, 56 used good strategy to put together a near “dream team”. We were speculating the night before what it would be like if each division were allowed to send the best three robots to the Championship event. I mentioned that 56 (Robbe), 68 (Truck), and 254 (Cheesy Poofs) would be my picks for a “super alliance”
It is really hard to scout 85 teams and some good teams will always fall through the cracks due to poor scouting. The one big surprise to me was that one of the veteran teams, one that we have always looked up to and have seen perform well at nationals year after year seemed unprepared to select when they were called up. There was, however, some good scouting as well. 103 was deep in the pack, but recognized as being a very capable machine.

Ken
Team 358

[Daniel Brim]

I was surprised when 237 wasn't picked. It seemed like vision teams would be a lock for being picked, since they are so visible. I also was surprised when 384 was not picked.

I was a bit surprised that we (294) weren't picked. We were 32nd seed (4-3). We also lost one match by one point and another by 4. If we won those two then we would have been picking

[Macdaddy549]

Team 549 the DevilDawgs which finished 14th in Curie was not picked. We really thought that we were going to see some action. As it was we were on standby till the finals on Einstein. We were 30 seconds from going on when 108 broke down. Oh well, there is always next year.

[ben281]

well...we have all now said that we think so and so should have been picked. but isn't this water under the bridge by this point? just saying...we should be arguing about what to do better instead of being dissapointed about the past. teams will learn from there mistakes. (trust me, we have made more than i can count) ; )
ttyl
Ben
TEAM 281

[nobrakes8]

Team 228.. had our scouting team known their arm had a basic part break and that they fixed it, Gus would have been on our "very good" list and would not have questioned that pick at all. Just miscommunication from the pits to the scouting team who was supposed to make the call.

Team 228 was going to be our 2nd pick, unfortunatly I had 5 missed calls with 2 messages from the scouting team saying "Take GUS, TAKE GUS, TAAAKE GUS if teams 71, 233, 322, and 179 are taken".. I eventually heard that message this morning at the airport.

Unfortunatly for GUS I answered the phone the 6th time it rang and was told differently assumeing the whole team knew what was going on (which nobody but the kid who called knew I wasn't going to pick GUS until too late)..

[sw293]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

I couldn't believe that 358, the Robo Eagles, did not get picked in Galileo. I expected them to be off the board before my team. They won a regional, almost won another. They were ranked around 16th (second highest seed not picked). I watched a couple of their matches and they were dominant, capping corner goals over top of defenders. That was a lapse in scouting.

I agree.

237 probably should have been picked too.

[av11d]

237, 25, and a few other bots from galileo went unpicked. i agree about the lapse of scouting in galileo but we still had a great alliance representing galileo in the finals.

[Nikhil Bajaj]

I was surprised that (in Curie) Team 1646 went unpicked. Their drivers were doing great, and they were 5-2...they were extremely consistent and great at what they did.

[mrmummert]

Originally Posted by nikkibajbaj

I was surprised that (in Curie) Team 1646 went unpicked. Their drivers were doing great, and they were 5-2...they were extremely consistent and great at what they did.

Hi... they were right next to us in the pits. I was a little surprized
we did'nt get picked either. We were 19th (5-2-0)and it was weird as
team 353 which was 65th did get picked...I guess they just
don't know us yet.

[nobrakes8]

I don't know if this is off subject or not, but with so many great teams in nationals and how close the compeition is do you think FIRST should expand the brackets at nationals to like 10 or 12 seeds?

I mean most of those 8th seeds at nationals would have been winners at most regionals, and haveing 10 alliances I don't think would water down the compeition. If a miscommunication didn't happen, Team 228 should have been the first pick on my alliance and they didn't even get picked.

[Starke]

i agree, that is a good idea. i am with you that some of my favorite robots did not get picked. an expansion might mean more days for more matches, but it might be worth it.

[rees2001]

Originally Posted by Starke340

i agree, that is a good idea. i am with you that some of my favorite robots did not get picked. an expansion might mean more days for more matches, but it might be worth it.

If we went to the top 16 that would be huge. Or even top 12 & the top seeds get a first round bye. 1 whole extra round of elimination matches would take some time. Although if we could cut the speeches down we might get out of there a little bit early next year.

[Arefin Bari]

I was really surprised to see team 25, 222, 237, 573 and 1251 not getting picked.

[Chris]

On Curie i was very surprised that team 7 didn't get picked, they were consistent and great to work with.

Chris

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by Chris

On Curie i was very surprised that team 7 didn't get picked, they were consistent and great to work with.

Chris

I think they were just overlooked which we all know happens a lot. They played this game with solid steady strategy, and had a great robot. I believe they were tied (Newton's stats aren't posted) for first place overall for average RP's, and had the highest in Curie.