[rcmolloy]

The age of a team always never matters in my honest opinion. Every year there are new individuals entering FIRST and that's also new minds to the organization. It really doesn't matter how old the team is. If the team knows the objective and the rules, the opportunities are endless for how well the team could do. Teams that are older do have a step above the rest but by how much? A few mentors may have game experiences but there are new minds entering every year. The things that really make or break a team are organization, support, and knowledge. The teams without most of those essential needs really don't have a good chance against the game and competitors. For example, last year team 1647 was not organized what so ever. The support that we had was lacking and the knowledge was small. This year, we have become much more organized, gained much more support, and the knowledge we have gained is unbelievable. This can be attributed to how we did in the Philly Regional this year. Surprisingly, we have become a much better team and it did not take 5 years to do that. We hunkered down and focused on what was important.