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Originally Posted by 470-RBTX
I posted this on CD for a reason, yea I was frustrated with the team in question, but this was not meant to tarnish their image, If it was I wouldn't be here taking responsibility for my words.
I posted because I want to address the issue overall. As shown by the replies, this isn't an isolated incident. Adam showed how awesome he is with his apology and I really don't like to hold grudges, so I hope we can continue a successful relationship in the future, but this is just one experience. What about all the rest that get swept under the carpet?
At the end of the day we both got what we wanted. HOT won the comp, and we won the judges award, but their is still a goal yet to be obtained, and that is spreading the knowledge of how to handle these situations, and helping big name teams become more aware of how they come off to other teams.
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Joe,
No offense taken. I will be honest the first time I read your OP, I was upset that you were imbellishing the issue. But, it took only a few minutes of thinking back on the issue to realize that we actually do a lot of the things you stated. And, most of it comes from me not communicating enough with my alliance partners. After that, I quickly decided that this was an excellent opportunity for learning for everyone.
I think both Chris and Ed have touched on an excellent topic....Qualification Alliance Strategy Meeting Etiquette. Who controls the strategy meeting? How do you approach teams with your strategy ideas? What happens when there are conflicting strategies?
I have been coaching HOT full time since 2009, and I can only remember 1 or 2 times where strategy discussions got really heated and I had to pull out the scouting data and say..."listen, you are not capable of doing what you are proposing". Other than that I like to think I stay open to teams being able to both complete the tasks we ask them to do and show off the skills of their machine. At least, I think that is the case, maybe not....
Maybe that should be a topic for a new thread. Anyway, just like Paul stated above....99% of these issues with high performing teams stem from miscommunication. The more we continue to talk to each other the better our FIRST community will be.
Thank you Joe for elevating this issue to all our attention.