[Bongle]

Why do losers lose? Here's my tree of reasons:
1) Because they don't build a good robot
1.1) Because they didn't have time
1.1.1) Because they didn't have enough students
1.1.1.4) Because they didn't run active recruiting
1.1.1.5) Because they didn't keep the students interested year-round
1.1.1.5.1) Because there wasn't enough teacher/mentor availability year-round to run meetings?
1.1.1.5.2) Because there wasn't enough enthusiasm among the students to run meetings by themselves?
1.1.1.6) Because the students didn't have the skills they needed to be effective during build season
1.1.1.6.1) Because they didn't run year-round meeting? (see 1.1.1.5)
1.1.2) Because they didn't have enough mentors
1.1.2.1) Because of an anti-mentor bent among the team members?
1.1.2.2) Because of insufficient mentor recruiting?
1.1.2.2.1) Because of a lack of involvement in the community?
1.1.3) Because they didn't have the money to have things built professionally (see 1.2)
1.1.4) Because they bit off more than they could chew
1.1.4.1) Because they lacked experience (see 1.4)
1.2) Because they didn't have money
1.2.1) Because they didn't do enough community outreach?
1.2.2) Because they didn't do enough in-school fundraising?
1.2.2.1) Because of not enough teacher/mentor organizing involvement?
1.2.2.2) Because of not enough student enthusiasm? (see 1.1.1.5)
1.4) Because they lacked experience
1.4.1) Because they're a rookie team
1.4.2) Because they don't live and breath robots and robot designs
1.4.2.1) Because of a lack of enthusiasm?

Interesting that for me, lots of things come down to "lack of enthusiasm", "lack of community outreach", and "lack of year-round program"