[FRC Blog] Einstein Report Released

[CalTran]

I can't help but feel like this report is somewhat backfiring on FIRST. While I do agree that it has been a vital process and do applaud them for releasing every detail about it, it appears to have created a rift in the FIRST community; splitting people into people who want to move past this at god speed, and a group who, and rightfully so, still attempting to cope with what they've faced. This second group, as exemplified by posts from some of the most esteemed members of the community, is a group most of us will never understand, and hopefully never will have to understand. A sweep of both Worlds and a CCA is, or at least should, be every teams goal, and a once in a lifetime event. To have been so close, and have everything seem to have been ripped away by a single person would be devastating to me. I would never be able to find it in my heart to forgive that individual.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that these teams will need time to cope with what happened, and that the rest of the FIRST community should give them ample time to heal at their own pace. When they're ready to forgive and maybe even forget, that is the time we can all look back at this.