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Originally Posted by Thad House

At worlds both this year and last year, we had robots that could perform and score, but there were teams that would look at our number and tell us because of that we were going to be relegated to doing defense or inbound because they do not believe we can do much, and telling us things like "If we lose, we are going to blame it on you."

Well I honestly think that which ever team was associated in saying so needs to have a quick reality check and look at their scouting information or just keep their eyes on the field in general.

Our team certainly enjoyed playing against Shockwave this year. You guys certainly were one of the more competitive teams in Galileo and also up in the PNW.

Also in regards to the topic above, whether it be student or mentor, whatever gets the job done is what is the best choice for a team. This is coming from my mentoring experience. However, as a former driver, I would certainly prefer a mentor only because of the experience they've had on a drive team making mistakes that can be minimized when they are out on the field working with the students.