[LightWaves1636]

This thread has definitely strayed away from the main topic. I agree that this thread needs to be closed cause it's going in a negative direction, going completely off topic, and regardless of what side everyone is on, this subject that's being argued is always a heated and frustrating one.

Although I do have to quickly say, regardless of how teams run themselves, I adore powerhouse teams cause they help set the goal of where my teams want to strive for. You can't become a Powerhouse overnight, it's something that's earned and worked for. Sometimes my team gets bogged down by the lower number but then I remind them how many years they've been at this. Some people just need to learn that you can't really have a concrete opinion against a team if you haven't gone through the build season with them and experienced those struggles and obstacles with the students. Talk is just talk, no one knows how every team runs and operates unless they were physically on the team, even then, we all need to show our Gracious Professionalism so that our students follow that example.

Remember, all the students involved are still just that, students - no matter what team they are on. It really does get me when someone says "I hate Team #____" cause of "whatever" cause bottom line, they don't understand the team and the only thing you can truly fault a student for is simply joining a team.