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Originally Posted by Bongle
The main thing I think FIRST could help with is figuring out why there is a gap between consistently mid-pack teams like 1141 and consistently successful teams like their anagram 1114. What are the practices of highly succesful teams? How is it that 1114/1503/1680 can so consistently come up with very highly effective robots year after year?
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I'm inclined to say the difference is mentors, given the situation you've outlined.
Excellent teams often have very special mentors. They're the one thing that remains constant. Students can come and go, and hand down their knowledge from year to year, but eventually they all leave (or become mentors). The mentors are the glue holding everything together.
It's also a combination of everything else you've said. When you've been around as long as a lot of those guys have, you pick up tricks of the trade, so to speak. Experience brings a wealth of knowledge.