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Posted by Chris Hibner at 05/07/2001 2:49 PM EST


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


In Reply to: 308, 111, 469, 85
Posted by Mike Soukup on 05/05/2001 10:30 PM EST:



I want to send out a big THANK YOU to our partner teams in the finals at the IRI. It was great working with all of you and I hope we get a chance to work together in the future.

111: When we picked you, I was hoping you wouldn't be disappointed that you weren't able to use the ramp configuration. We knew that you guys were great at moving the goal and we knew you were great under pressure. Thank you for working with us and thank you for playing the game with the top-notch caliber that that marks a great team such as yours.

85: We did notice the issues early on, but we also realized that things happen and things get fixed. I'm just glad that we talked with you throughout the day so we knew that everything was working. When you played with us toward the end of the seeding matches, we knew everything was great, so we didn't think twice when we had the opportunity to pick you. You're very fun to work with and the jokes were great.

469: What can I say except, "third time's the charm". We discussed "the trend" before: how we were semi-finalists in Grand Rapids, finalists at Great Lakes, and that we would be champions had we gotten a third time. Well, what do you know, it happened. Thanks for all the great times this year.

I want to give a special thanks to team 71, who is one of the most gracious teams that I have ever met. The sportsmanship that this team displays is second to none. All through the day they congratulated us on our seeding matches and on our finals matches. I'll never forget when Brian Beatty, during the handshake in the finals, told me, "put up another big one so we can give the crowd the exciting finish that they came to see." That was first class all the way.

Thank you all from all of Team 308 - Walled Lake Monsters!

-Chris