[Spartan710]

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

It's not for the sake of winning, it's for the sake of the alliance. I always say that when you get to the elimination rounds, it's no longer just about your team - it's about the success of the entire alliance. If you're not putting in your all to achieve your alliance's goals (which should be inspiring your students through accomplishment and success [aka winning]), then you're doing a disservice to the other teams on your alliance.

Each team should ask not what their alliance can do for them, but what they can do for their alliance.

I would like to say I totally agree with this. Last year we we were the third pick of the poofs. My team so excited that a team like that would pick us out of the 60 teams that remained. Though we did not get cheesecaked we did what was best for the alliance. We only played one match because Allsparks had issues. It made sense for us to sit out because the kiss pass between 469 and 2848 was much smoother and 2848 was a taller robot, so defense was easier. We were just happy to help when needed. So we took a lot for this experience and would do it again in a heart beat.