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Originally Posted by MrForbes
Could be.
What is the difference? It's not money, sponsors, machines, facilities.
Is it the students? They change every few years.
Is it the mentors?
Is it the coaches?
Is it where they live?
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I was writing a post very similar to Adam's just now because I think it addresses a topic that often goes ignored in these debates.
Some engineers are better than others. The criticism that gets leveled against teams like 254/1114/et al is often couched in terms like "resources" and "CNC," and often gets refuted with notions of working harder, but a simpler, more likely explanation is probably that the folks on those teams are better engineers and better mentors than most. That doesn't make other people bad mentors, it just means they're less effective in certain areas than others. That's okay.
You could give my team all the money, manufacturing support and time in the world and, in the end, I think we'd still produce a product that is inferior to these teams and that's because they're better at managing an FRC team than I am. I'm not bad at it; they're just better.