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Originally Posted by BrendanB
There are a lot who boo and I heard it at WPI.
I could never decline and offer because there was better teams! That is amazing that you would do that!
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Art, Chris, Brendan, etc. Just to clarify, it was a bit of both in NJ.
I took the crowd's reaction as just shock of "oohs", but it was my student (and a few others) who came off the field and said he heard booing as well.
And thank you for the compliment. Our scouting team and head coach had a long discussion before we sent our alliance captain down to the field. We debated what the right decision was, because we didn't want to burn any bridges. It came down to a matter of trust. I trusted my scouters and the data they collected, they trusted my judgment, and our coach trusted the team to make the decision that was right for this year's machine. Ultimately, we believed we could build a stronger alliance as a captain, and we had a great run with 1647 and 102 in elims.
2180 is a great team, and we certainly look forward to working with them in the long run. And no, their team was not part of the crowd that chastised my captain.
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