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Originally Posted by sgreco
If you got stuck with a bad team, the entire competition would be ruined. I wouldn't want to pay $4000 for a regional and get stuck playing with a team that couldn't do anything.
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Getting 'stuck' with a 'bad team'? Yes, you may not win as many matches as otherwise, but you'd have a wonderful opportunity to have a great impact on the less experienced team by inspiring them, teaching them and raising them up a few notches during the weekend and for the next year and years to come. That's a great challenge and stepping up to it and meeting it is a big win and accomplishment. When you see them again the next year and see how far they've come, you'll feel a great sense of accomplishment having been a big part of that.
That's what FIRST is about, more so than making sure you come out on top on Saturday afternoon.
Having said all that... I do believe the random alliances are a better model.
John Vriezen
Team 2530 "Inconceivable"
Mentor, Drive Coach, Inspector