“Great Job” to the organizers & sponsoring teams of the WMRI & all of the Volunteers- you were great!
Special thanks to teams Team #85- for loaning us a data cable ½ way through quals, Team #2245 for sharing your red bumper cover with us throughout the event, & ref. Gary Voshol who allowed latitude in our numbering! We could not have competed without your assistance.
Our new folks sure learned a LOT about team organization and more importantly the broad range of work that it takes to run the team, not just the robot. Although at times painful, this fulfilled one of the biggest training missions of the Off-Season events. Thankfully, the robot held-up, though it finally started to seriously break-down in the final rounds (6 major events & 5 elimination appearances was very hard on the robot), in fact I don’t think it could have ran another match w/out major repairs & we would have really been pressed to get it back running!!
Thanks again to Team #3357 "Comets", it was a rare opportunity to rebuild most of a winning alliance like we were able to do. (Though we
did have the same numbers in the alliance... ) Once again, your complimentary abilities and flexibility proved to be part of an effective winning strategy! What an outstanding Rookie Year you had! Great Job!!
Congratulations to Team #2405 "Divided By Zero" for your first Finals and event Win! Your ability to recycle balls and hang was a key part of our winning strategy! We hope you retain all of the lessons from this past season and come back stable and better than ever next year!
I know everyone has their opinions on how best to have played Breakaway. Looking to 2011, from our experience, after 3 event Wins where we built “underdog” alliances based on a team’s ability to be zone specialized, work complimentary to the alliance and provide a depth of offensive capability, I’ll say it again, for success in the eliminations.
Scouting is Key! How sophisticated you do it depends on your resources, but it must be done
during the quals, not last minute! Make sure everyone understands that the Scouts and the accuracy of their information plays a crucial role in success at events and as we say “Every job on this team is important”!
Best wishes to all & we hope to see everyone again in 2011!
Also, WMRI Veteran's remember your homework:
Bring at least one other team to WMRI next year.