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Originally Posted by Ed Law
Let me clarify the intent of my question. Should we try to build the best robot that the team's resources allow to compete the best we can? Or is on field performance not important so we should not focus on the robot too much?
This has nothing to do with how much adult involvement there is so please don't go there.
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Striving for excellence is a part of every good team. But assuming that excellence means winning competitions is a very bad assumption. Just take a look at the record for the 2015 Championship Chairman's Award winners, team 597. I think we would all say they pursued excellence and achieved it on the biggest stage in FIRST, without ever winning an event.
Every team is going to have a different mix of involvement, mentorship, funding, and resources, and the key really is for every team to identify the goals that will best impact their students and community, and then pursue those goals.