[Tom Bottiglieri]

as matt said in another thread... i dont think the problem here is due to a problem in FIRST, but with a problem within teams themselves. Anyone at UTC today knows about the mass chaos that was the alliance pickings. There were teams being picked that had already been picked, alliance captains being picked that were ranked higher than the team picking them, and teams being picked that dont exist and/or weren't at the regional. Also i was disgusted with the amount of rudeness and the amount of bitterness that was going on during and after the pickings. For example... one member of an unnamed team (in the top 8), after being picked by a higher ranked team responded "we're happy with the partners we got" (or something to effect of that) What ever happened to lines like "In the true spirit of FIRST, we sadly are forced to decline"? Overall, i was disgusted with what went on today at the UTC regional, and i would hope that other people would not have to experience this kind of strange, cruel torture.

(This post was not meant to offend anyone or any team. Any examples used for for the just that purpose, an example)