2012 Lessons Learned:The Negative

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Alex2614

And yes, the concert was nice. However, when FIRST blatantly lied to us about why the fields were in the pits, that was pretty offensive. Bill Miller said that the fields in the pits has nothing to do with the concert at all, which was obviously a lie.

While I fully appreciate many of the other comments that have been made, I do need to correct this one. Bill Miller's statements were completely accurate. Well before Will and the BEPs were even a factor in the 2011 Championship planning, the plan was to have two of the division fields in the pits area. I am absolutely certain about this, I was there when the plans were being discussed. There are many things that can be learned from the last two years of Championship events, and the full competition seasons. However, this is not an item that needs to be added to the list.

-dave

[lemiant]

Originally Posted by dlavery

While I fully appreciate many of the other comments that have been made, I do need to correct this one. Bill Miller's statements were completely accurate. Well before Will and the BEPs were even a factor in the 2011 Championship planning, the plan was to have two of the division fields in the pits area. I am absolutely certain about this, I was there when the plans were being discussed. There are many things that can be learned from the last two years of Championship events, and the full competition seasons. However, this is not an item that needs to be added to the list.

-dave

What was originally planned for the space that they put the stage in?

[kjohnson]

Originally Posted by lemiant

What was originally planned for the space that they put the stage in?

I may be wrong, but I remember someone saying that two FRC fields were moved to the pits to shed more light on FTC and FLL in the dome. You have to remember that FIRST has more programs than just FRC, we just take up the most space.