[Mr.Frishman]

Coach-
This year was very humbling for my team as well. 3999 won the Highest Rookie Seed and Rookie All Star at Alamo last year. We went into this season on an incredible wave of enthusiasm with pretty lofty goals.
Unfortunately, we all know that plans rarely go as we think they should. Our Chairman's submission was pretty strong(so we thought) and our robot was going to be pretty competitive(so we thought).
We did make it to the Quarterfinals at Alamo but lost to the eventual winners. The team did not come home with any awards. Our students were disappointed but we dealt with that by letting them know that the season as a whole was a success. We are going to be back for the 2014 season, have picked up a few new sponsors, have strengthened our presence in the community, and we still have the rest of this year to get ready for 2014.
Our team is more determined to come back next year and compete. Focus on the positives and use what went wrong as a tool to get better. This is the reason I keep coming back as a mentor and in the end it it worth it.