[Dan 550]

Oh boy, here we go again. Well, you're a very lucky rookie team: you've got a free ride from a sponsor, you're familiar with FIRST from the lego league, and you've discovered Chief Delphi. But all may not be as well as it may seem in Ontario. Do you have enough people on your team to do well? Do they have any technical knowledge and manual skills? Can you live off coffee for a week with seventeen minutes of sleep a day? These are only some of the questions you have to ask yourself. Jordan, as captain, are you prepared to be a leader? Did BP promise you engineers with electronic expertise as well as knowledge of efficiency in design? Can you be a leader in the shop, in the pit, and on the field? Again, just a few of the questions you have to ask yourself. As said before, togetherness is very important. The people on your team are the people you should spend the most time with over the next four months and then some, so you better work well with them. Oh, and here's a tip: Don't punch anybody in the face when a camera is pointed at you, it might get on CNN. I learned that lesson...