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Posted by Chris.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Coach on team #308, Walled Lake Monster, from Walled Lake Schools and TRW Automotive Electronics.

Posted on 4/12/2000 2:52 PM MST


In Reply to: Alliances in touble? posted by Chris on 4/12/2000 7:05 AM MST:



Please don't interpret my post as a complaint for not getting picked. Of course I was upset at not getting picked, but that's not the point. The point is that since Saturday, I've talked to five people who told me that they wished alliances would go away. I've also noticed a lot of people very upset (much more upset than I was). This is not the first time this has happened.. A lot of people posted here after regionals about how upset they were that they weren't picked.

The point is this: if having alliances (in the current manner) makes many people upset, is it a smart thing? How upset will some people get before they quit FIRST? I'll guarantee that almost anyone that posts on this board wouldn't quit over something like this. However, only a very small portion of the FIRST population posts on this site. I guess that anything that makes people this upset probably isn't in FIRST's best interests.

Once again, I'm not upset enough about not getting picked to complain about it. However, a lot of people were. To me, that puts up a red flag that something isn't right. People will always disagree with something or another, but I've seen some pretty harsh posts on this board after some of the regionals and the nationals - harsher than over any other subject.

Okay, now I hoped no one questions my motives. Now I'll shut up and let people post.