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Originally Posted by Mike Rush
However, they also (and always have) acted as if they knew it.
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I hope this thread and my admission of a long time impression of The HOT Team will help them to try to put forth a more softly spoken impression of themselves.
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Mike,
I can asure you that, at least since I started on the HOT team in 2005, that our intention was always to "speak softly and carry a big stick". I am not sure what happened before that, but I know we (mentors) stress to the students before every competition that they need to be on their best behavior, help anyone that needs it, cheer wildly for all teams, stand and clap during awards, etc...
As discussed previously, sometime our perception of reality is not alway the same as someone elses. So we will take this information and continue to improve.
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Originally Posted by aspiece
I would like to mention that this is not the opinion of T3 at all. As team leader of FIRST Team 68, I found HOT an excellent alliance partner as well as an excellent opponent to cooperate with. They were gracious to us in situations during the day and we appreciate the level of focus and aggressiveness to competition that they bring. They are an example to other teams as to how to be graciously professional as well as extremely competitive at the same time. I believe they exemplify the true meaning of the FIRST Robotics Competition and look forward to competing with and against them in the future. They were even patient with our team when we tried to but a wrench in their strategy and called us out on it. We were impressed in their ability to see this coming and appreciate the patience they had when the called us on it.
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Thank you! I was a little surprised to see that comment from a student from Truck Town, but I never thought it represented the entire team. I know we have always had a close relationship between the mentors, since we are always right next to each other in the pits. I was hoping that we hadn't done something to hurt that relationship.
Actually, out of all the teams HOT currently has such an incredible link to 68, 548, and 3098 between family members and former mentors and/or students... it's awesome to attend events when these teams are also attending. It's like a family reunion at some of these FiM events.
Anyways, I know we kind of stepped on each others toes during practice matches, with both of us trying to get our Hybrid modes working. I was hoping that wasn't an issue.
I had no problem with the stuff about the Coopertition bridge. I understand the strategy and why your alliance would have wanted you guys to continue to score and balance. My biggest worry is if teams start to not want to coop balance with us at all.
Thank you to everyone that has commented and supported our team. We really appreciate it.