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Re: FRC Blogged - What Do You Think? The ‘Invite to Decline’ Strategy
I feel that the "real" problem here isn't with the act of declining, but how it looks. What if captains said "Thanks for the invitation, but we would like to form our own alliance"? That is better in so many ways. For one, it's less harsh than "we decline", which is a more obvious and outright rejection that can look petty or disrespectful. Secondly, it explains *why* they are declining - the team believes it can form a better alliance from a different seeding position.
I feel like if the presentation is change, attitudes about it will change as well. Right now the rationale is obscured, the ceremony is awkward, and the audience is left confused. If we fix it, maybe these won't be a problem.
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