[Cory]

Don't kid yourself. Every great team starts designing stuff they can use during the build season during the summer and fall. If teams didnt do this, the level of innovation would be far lower than it currently is.

P.S. Why does everyone like to throw gracious professionalism around? It's become a catchphrase more than anything else, imho. Please tell me why it is ungracious and unprofessional to teach students the principles behind drivetrains, mechanisms, programming, etc. Why is it ungracious to have a knowledgebase to work from when the season starts? If you don't work during the offseason, *you're* missing out. You don't get to learn. You dont get to try new ideas.

Do you have any idea how many teams you just called ungracious unprofessional cheaters?

Cory