[Scott team 48]

I have two things in my head after reading this thread:
First: As a participant in the Buckeye Regional I was pleased for the most part with the reffing that went on, the parts I wasn't pleased on I came to the conclusion that I won't always be pleased and I move on. However, I do feel that if something displeases everybody, or almost everybody, than something should be done. I feel that at the driver meeting, at the beginning of the competition, the ref's should define what they feel aggressive driving is, and they should all define it the same. Our ref's were fair and did give a lot of warnings, there was a team (not pointing out #'s) who the ref's felt was designed solely to tip other robots over, and they gave them a warning that if they tipped a robot over they would be DQ'ed. They told them before they did it, and that team had a chance to correct a potential problem. Good job Ref's.
Second: Anyone who says that Travis is a bad mentor obviously doesn't know Travis. Travis works his tail off for our team day in and day out and we would be lost without him. Saying that Travis is a bad mentor hurts me, and I'm sure it hurts Travis. How many people do you know that will help you debug the program while your in Cleveland and he is in China? Not many, but Travis did last year. Travis is just trying to bring a problem into the light that can be quickly and (hopefully) easily corrected before anyone gets hurt by inconsistent calls made on the field. He didn't start this thread to bash anybody, nor did he do it to criticize the ref's, he did it because he cares about everybody involved in FIRST and he would hate to see bad blood cause the loss of teams. I don't need to talk to Travis to know this because I know Travis, and he doesn't do things to intentionally upset people, he is only trying for the greater good.

If my post has offended anyone, I'm sorry but thats just how I feel.
Travis, I support you 110% and I'm sure that I'm not alone in this.