[Jason Morrella]

Your team should be nothing but proud of your bot and your season. When someone during the playoffs standing next to me made a "that's just a box on wheels" comment, I mentioned to them that 1516 is no fluke - they won the SVR (as the alliance captain) and seeded in the top 8 in the championship.

People are foolish to underestimate teams or robots just because of a "simple" appearance or design - I'll take a simple design or "box on wheels" that is well built, reliable, well coached and well driven over a more complex design or fancy looking robot that malfunctions a lot or doesn't have a solid plan on the field anyday.

Your team had a great season. When you have consistent success, obvioulsy you are doing something right. in 3 short years your team has won the rookie all-star, highest rookie seed, an offseason competition, a regional, and made the top 8 in a Championship division. Doesn't matter what the bot looks like, your team and your results speak for themselves.

Congrats on a great season and on building a great team & program!