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Mullen 03-05-2012 23:00

Michigan Teams at CMP
 
After alliances were selected in Galileo, I was discussing with a few others how impressive it was that 7 of the 8 Michigan teams in our division were moving on to the elimination rounds. We thought that this accomplishment showed just how strong the Michigan FRC teams really are. I began to wonder how teams coming from FiM fared overall...

Out of the 36 MI teams that competed at CMP, 23 moved on to the elimination rounds, 8 of which were alliance captains. It's unfortunate that only 1 Michigan team moved on to Einstein, but accounting for nearly 1/4 of the teams in elims is pretty good in my book

The next highest density of teams in the elimination rounds came from California. There were 42 Californian teams at CMP, but only 10 moved on to the elims with 2 being alliance captains.

Next time Dave Verbrugge tells you that Michigan is the toughest place to compete, believe him.

nikeairmancurry 04-05-2012 01:02

Re: Michigan Teams at CMP
 
What hurt was in Galileo, 1 vs 8 had four Michigan teams just there... And that 4th alliance (16, 25 & 180) took out 5. The all Michigan alliance (1718, 1918 & 2337) and 573/2054.

Craig Roys 04-05-2012 03:00

Re: Michigan Teams at CMP
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nikeairmancurry (Post 1166806)
What hurt was in Galileo, 1 vs 8 had four Michigan teams just there... And that 4th alliance (16, 25 & 180) took out 5. The all Michigan alliance (1717, 1918 & 2337) and 573/2054.

1718

TrevorJ 04-05-2012 09:28

Re: Michigan Teams at CMP
 
Team 830 suffered from severe shooter accuracy problems for the entire competition. We would, however, have made elims as a alliance captain if either of our two final co-op attempts did not fail. We ended up as the number 17 seed and out of the elim matches. Overall, we were disappointed with our on-field performance at CMPs.

Craig Roys 04-05-2012 14:25

Re: Michigan Teams at CMP
 
I believe 107 spent most of the weekend in the top 8 on Newton field, but fell out at the end with a 7-2 record. Unfortunately, they weren't picked - only 4 QP's out of the #8 seed.

Carolyn_Grace 04-05-2012 17:23

Re: Michigan Teams at CMP
 
What was cool for me was how all of the Michigan teams/volunteers were cheering for each other. The district system has really helped foster a lot of friendships. We were keeping each other updated via text and running back and forth between divisions to watch matches as our roles allowed us. The district system truly allows teams to embody the Spirit of FIRST and Coopertition, and I can't wait to see if/how other areas of the country embrace this as they move into districts as well.

Was there a feeling of unity among the MAR teams as well? Is that developing?

nikeairmancurry 04-05-2012 18:42

Re: Michigan Teams at CMP
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Carolyn_Grace (Post 1167002)
What was cool for me was how all of the Michigan teams/volunteers were cheering for each other. The district system has really helped foster a lot of friendships. We were keeping each other updated via text and running back and forth between divisions to watch matches as our roles allowed us. The district system truly allows teams to embody the Spirit of FIRST and Coopertition, and I can't wait to see if/how other areas of the country embrace this as they move into districts as well.

Was there a feeling of unity among the MAR teams as well? Is that developing?

I think that with alittle more time that may develop among the MAR teams. 4 years of FIM has brought all the Michigan teams closer, plus with all the offseason events we have (IGVIC, MARC, Kettering and the one on the west side), we have so many chances over the course of a season to see each other. But from the Webcasts chatroom, it seemed that MAR teams were rooting for each other. As the Michigan teams were.

Akash Rastogi 04-05-2012 19:01

Re: Michigan Teams at CMP
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nikeairmancurry (Post 1167021)
I think that with alittle more time that may develop among the MAR teams. 4 years of FIM has brought all the Michigan teams closer, plus with all the offseason events we have (IGVIC, MARC, Kettering and the one on the west side), we have so many chances over the course of a season to see each other. But from the Webcasts chatroom, it seemed that MAR teams were rooting for each other. As the Michigan teams were.

MAR teams definitely have a closer relationship with each other than before. Our team was rooting for 25, 222, 341, 365, 1218, 1403, 2016, 2180, 2590 and 11 (I wonder why), as well as 75 for Chairman's and 3142 for Engineering Inspiration.

Zebra_Fact_Man 25-07-2012 11:11

Re: Michigan Teams at CMP
 
I REALLY like the District model for a number of reasons, team-to-team intimacy being one of them, and believe other states/areas would benefit from trying out the format. Of course, I can't be certain because every region/state has it's own quirks and problems to overcome, but it has worked twice so far.

The one problem I see coming from a total district plan is losing the interstate travel and competition (seeing new teams & new places), but an easy quick fix to that would be to continue a handful of regional events scattered across the globe run as independent events (similar to off-season events) with Championship qualifications. Those who qualify via regional would just be passed over in the state rankings similarly to how they already do for teams who buy their way to St. Louis (I think they do this already? so there wouldn't be a problem).

Clinton Bolinger 25-07-2012 12:01

Re: Michigan Teams at CMP
 
There is nothing saying that if FIRST goes to a full district model, that teams would not be able to still travel. If a Michigan team goes out to CA, then they get the points that earn at that event.

-Clinton-

EricH 25-07-2012 14:57

Re: Michigan Teams at CMP
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Clinton Bolinger (Post 1179171)
There is nothing saying that if FIRST goes to a full district model, that teams would not be able to still travel. If a Michigan team goes out to CA, then they get the points that earn at that event.

-Clinton-

Or some similar scenario. Of course, there is one minor detail--FIRST isn't full district yet. (Give it time, and hopefully not too much of that.)


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