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Re: Teams I'm Inspired By
This is a great thread. Here are the teams that I've been inspired by:
71: I've said this before, but they are one of the best. Just look at the students that have come from this team that are now leaders in FIRST in their own right. Amanda Morrison, Kevin Kolodziej, and Chris Noble, just to name a few. Then there's their 4 championships and an endless list of amazing robots.
111: similar to 71. Great mentors, great robots, and they produce students that go on to the engineering field.
217: see above.
245: see above. One of the coolest things that FIRST in Michigan did this year is to highlight what past students of teams are currently doing. 217 and 245 had so many students that are currently doing great things.
148: this team changed my perspective on robot design - back in 1997 that is. Their robot that year made me really realize what it means to think outside the box and they forever influenced many of the robots that I have had a hand in creating.
1114: See my description of 71, but I'm starting to think that 1114 is like 71 on steroids. These guys have produced more great students, great mentors, and great spin-off teams than any other team that I can think of. These guys really "get it" in a way that no one else does. All you have to do is look at the teams in their wake, and you see more inspiration than 20 teams combined. They spin off new and great teams like Krispy Kreme makes glazed donuts. And all of you guys that think that somehow 1114's greatness is somehow "unfair", just think about all of the time you have spent trying to out-do them and reflect on how much that desire to beat them has made you reach much deeper than you ever have before - that is where real inspiration comes from.
65: Please read all of this part - most of you will just look at my information and assume I'm giving a stupid plug for my team, which is really not true. If you've been around FIRST for a while, you may know that I never used to be with team 65. I was a mentor on team 308 for my first 8 years in FIRST, but to me team 65 symbolized all of that was good in FIRST. I used to come talk to their students and Ken Patton all the time since I loved what they were doing in all respects. I REALLY looked up to this team. After my time with 308 ended, Ken very graciously asked me to help out team 65 if I was available. Ever since then I have been a very loyal member of the Huskie Brigade, and I have been very proud to do so. With the impending consolidation of the Pontiac Schools, a lot has been up in the air, but Ken has remained firm in the reason he does FIRST and how he wants to proceed in the future. He is an amazing leader and the greatness of this team is a direct result of that.
There are many others, but these are SOME of my favorites. If I have more time in the future to write another long-winded post, I will update this with many more.
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