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Originally Posted by davidthefat
What Is Your Favorite Part Of FRC? There seems to be a conflict of interest among different people on the team. The conflict of interests is creating friction among team members and it hinders with progress as a team.
Also, if you vote other, please specify.
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My favorite part is of the season is the first week of build season when you are not yet locked into a design and anything seems possible.
Also, I am hesitant to say this, but David, you often make side comments about your team in posts and it bothers me. I don't feel that that is respectful to your team and it doesn't do you any justice. While I am not in the habit of giving advice it is worth considering that while your team may be in the wrong, you are often an instigator on the CD forums and that attitude probably carries into your team. The first step to becoming a successful team is to act like a team. That means that you need to respect your teammates and their opinions. In turn, I think you will find that they will begin to respect and listen to yours.
As to offseason prototyping vs. extra comp. I would not prototype a drivetrain. I would instead use this
http://www.simbotics.org/media/video...itbot-steroids I don't think you have the luxury of prototyping which requires multible members to WANT to. If you make them, nothing of value will be make or learned. It takes years to change the culture of a team, and bad habits are easy to fall into. There are lots of teams similar to yours who struggle year after year, but are content to struggle because "thats the way it is." My team has had experience with this. In 2009 we took a good look at ourselves and decided that we were not happy with always being "almost" as good as the good teams. Over the next two years we really underwent a kind of overhaul pushing for success. This year we were fortunate enough to captin alliances winning the MSC and the IRI competing against and with some of the teams I consider to be the best in the world. Your team is lucky to have you, someone who cares enough to stick their neck out to better their team. However, you will not be able to change your team by yourself, especially with only one year left. What you need to do is take the younger students under your wing. Be a leader who guides them. Teach them to love the program and to want to be better in it. One of the best things you can do is to introduce students to this website. If you can do that then you will be able to make a difference on your team. Once you have a team which WANTs to be better THEN you can start prototyping. While it is a long and difficult process to change culture, it has to begin somewhere, and might as well begin with you.
Best of Luck
Sincerely, Bryan