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The draft video is up! Video is available on YouTube and the Build Blitz Facebook page.

#TeamJVN's first round pick: Charles Wensel. #TeamCopioli's first round pick: James Tonthat.

I'll try not to be too upset about Paul not picking me...

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After seeing the draft, I'm going to go with #TeamCopioli

Really excited to see this unfold!

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#TeamCopioli

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Very even teams now.

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There's really no reason to be upset. His other option was too good to refuse. ;)

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Given the poll results so far, its not surprising that its about even.
Both sides have great draft picks.

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I was hoping to see Karthik do his best David Stern and host the draft.

I'm really looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with, this should be awesome.

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On the other hand, they could have been like the NFL's Pro Bowl draft and stretch out the selection to a 3 hour 'must see' tv event.

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Paul picked up two VexIQ designers. While they are all pro FRC, with IQ it's been think outside the box, outside the box will take this event.

Then at the end, Paul says "Well good luck, well not really..." Classic!

Pulling on my Paul C shirt as we speak! Go team Copioli!!!

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Sorry, John. Gotta go with Paul's crew. He got Karthik.

It's not about knowing how to design a robot, it's about knowing which robot to design.

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I notice a lot of people jumping to support #TeamCopioli based off the draft. While at first glace, I agree and think JVN's team appears weaker, BUT, people are missing what JVN defined as one of his key drafting strategies:

JVN has worked with all of his team on FIRST teams before (except for Aren and Bryan Culver, if I'm not mistaken). That makes his team incredibly strong, in practice.

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You're right Richard -- no one on our team knows anything about strategy or choosing a design path. We tremble at the mere mention of the mighty Canadian. :) Maybe we should forfeit?

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I think it's great that John has a shop guy on his team. It is not uncommon to see engineers undervalue the shop guys that deal with their stupid decisions everyday, and having Carlos as part of the team definitely sends the right message to all the young impressionable future engineers watching.

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Not to send the thread on a tangent, one thing I learned from my internships at manufacturing sites is that a lot of the shop guys catch mistakes or issues that some of the other interns or even engineers can't. Not a lot of things can beat experience. :)

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Still don't have a 148 shirt, but I'd be repping my green right now either way.

Big P and the Small Thunder Crew :P