[Mark Pettit]

Paul and everyone else.
Calm down people.
One of the major problems that I see with FIRST is that one cannot offer the slightest bit of criticism of FIRST without someone else getting overly worked up about it and starting a flame war.
The first couple of responses to my issue (up to and including JVN's) were what I was going for by posting this thread. I wanted to make sure that I was not the only one with this problem and I was hoping someone could offer a fix. Low and behold, JVN told me of a quick and easy fix. I would have been happy if the thread ended right there, or even if you would have chimed in with your reasoning.
What makes me and my team upset is that we cannot put our beefs with FIRST out there without someone feeling as if they need to be the defender of the almighty FIRST. Criticisms should be allowed. According to everything I've heard from the regional directors, FIRST wants to hear them.
They, and I will include YOU (Paul) in this since you developed the tranny, should be the only ones that need to answer to the criticisms. The regular team mentor, coach, or member that thinks they have the right to get upset with me for criticizing FIRST is the real problem.
Can't we all just get along?