[rees2001]

Can we please stop all of this now! I have been following this thread all day and finally feel ready to post my thoughts and not my feelings. I hope this thread becomes a lesson in where to start a thread about an issue with a team. If you feel you have been wronged bring it up in a moderated thread with anonymity. It is way too easy to affect the reputation of teams, even if not intentional. As it has been stated, there were no precautions taken to hide true details about the origins of this issue.

I say this because MY team may be perceived to be guilty by association. We are not, I can assure you that we did not and would not encourage the actions posted above. I hope it was never an intention to imply that there may have been some collusion. Our team has worked hard to build the reputation we have and I would not let anything jeopardize that. I have also known 1507 for many years and in my experience with them they would not risk their reputation on the chance to win a 2nd blue banner of their year.

As for the issue at hand. If research had been done about the team in question, it would have been discovered that they had to be replaced in the final match of the finals at their previous regional because of the issues listed above in this thread. If scouts had watched matches played by them in the recent competition it would have been noted that they were having technical issues with their robot. So much so, that they sat motionless after hybrid as late as Saturday morning.


I will do my best to not let this thread and the rumors about what happened tarnish the happiness I have for my students and my team winning the Buckeye Regional.