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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
Being I know what your referencing I am going to remind everyone in this thread of one thing.
A lot of times when these teams get so focused on winning its because they have never done so.
The person who started this thread just won RAS with his team.
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Yes, my team just earned RAS at a district event. That same team did not have a robot on the field for five matches because over the course of at least three hours, one of the Control System Advisors and a Microsoft programmer that mentors team 4911 were working to figure out what was wrong with our RoboRIO. The first match we were able to be in, we all held our breath waiting to see if the robot would be drivable. When we saw it was, the team erupted in cheers like they had just won everything.
As for me personally, that is the second team I have been involved with where the team was having a rough competition, but was able to have at least one good match that made the students elated.
Finally, I remember quite bitterly two sports coaches I had when I was in 9th grade and 12th grade that took all the fun out of playing sports simply by two comments that were made. Do not think for a moment that my original post on this thread is because I come from a winning team. It comes because I care about the students and don't want them to have some of the negative experiences I remember from over 20 years ago.