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Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell
Given I don't know which team you are talking about, I can see this person's opinion making sense if they didn't play a huge role in the alliances success. Some late picks are very valuable and shouldn't feel this way (16 in 2012 and 610 in 2013 come to mind), but some late picks don't really do much and I can understand it not feeling like they deserve the win. Getting carried through eliminations isn't the greatest feeling in the world. In the end it comes down to the team's goals.
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The reaction of peers/the community also plays an important role in how a team feels about being the third or fourth robots on a winning alliance. In many discussions over the years I've heard things like, "Well it doesn't
really count" or "You have X banners but you really only
earned Y". While publicly we acknowledge and congratulate the winning alliances of regionals, off the record the conversations look more like the above examples. I will admit I've had similar conversations over the years and I'm sure many other FIRSTers have as well at some point in their time with FRC.