[FoleyEngineer]

We had an awesome time at IRI! Setting a world record of 38 points with 469 and 107 was a season highlight for sure (especially when they couldn't break it with a 6 v 0 try later The playoffs were insane - WAY better than championships - WAY BETTER!

As far as the pointing thing, maybe it wasn't intentional even? My wife told me about it this morning and pointed out that I was against the rail in the corner by our team and I always talk with my hands and maybe I pointed at the field while I was talking, or others did the same thing too? I thought about it and she was right! I distinctly remember talking to a fellow mentor during many of the 469 matches and pointing at the field (not the switch on 469) and saying things like, "Look at those 3 balls there! They should go get those" or "They should pin 148 over there so the balls can run their cycle on the other side" I have no doubt I was pointing while I was talking, but never even considering the possibility that my gestures could be seen as somehow directing the blue alliance where to go. In fact, if they did follow my guestures, I'm sure they would have been wrong because I wasn't watching the switch! Still it could have looked like it. How many of the dozens of others behind the rail did similar things? Don't we all point at the field when we're talking? I'd like to thing it was a misunderstanding. Don't know, but I hope so.

In any case, it was an amazing event. We didn't get in till close to 3am, and I understand that the Beachbots missed their flight by less than 5 minutes, but like me, they said it was all worth it!