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Unread 02-02-2013, 21:06
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Re: At what point does it become unacceptable for a mentor to design/build the robot

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Originally Posted by pfreivald View Post
Sure. In a town where the average graduating class is 60 kids and you struggle to get 20 on a team, with no engineering mentors and nothing even approaching engineering within 20 miles of the school, you strive to become dynastic, but aren't so impressed by dynasties.

Personally, I'm impressed by people being the best they can be, regardless of how well they actually do.
I don't think you need engineers to build one. I would wager that a typical fourth year FRC mentor or student is MUCH more useful than a typical recently graduated engineer. If you improve year on year, the sky is the limit. Building the dynasty is key.

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Originally Posted by Vince Lombardi
Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.
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