[Rich Ross]

Ary,

I couldn't agree with you more. It's hard to tell what the root cause is, but i have to give us as FIRSTers the benefit f the doubt. I think a lot of the frustration stems from the magnitude of the problems this year (there didn't seem to be many problems with the KOP transmissions from 05 or 06, and the randomizer was better in the past in many peoples minds). A lot of the frustration, though, is also perpetuated by us as users of CD and members of teams.

I always try to teach students that this isn't about the robot. They have a hard time believing me most of the time, but they get it (at least i think they do), and they try to resolve their frustrations rather than turning them into a big deal.

The best thing for us to do IMO is to start with ourselves, our teams and our sister teams (see the thread out about the "Sweet Challenge") and be the change.

I won't see another season of FRC until 2010, and i hope FIRST will still be what i grew up loving. I'm confident it will, and i know that we can all do our part to help out.