2014 Lessons Learned: The positive

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

The practice field was handled well with having lots of balls on the field. Initially I was concerned about how the fields would shape out but it worked well for teams. !

Are you talking about at Championship?

In MAR, you had to bring your own ball from home to the practice field or you had nothing to play with at the districts.
IIRC this was fixed for DCMP (or teams just left their balls there.)

Anyway, my positives:

1.) Frank. I'll say it before, I'll say it again. He is amazing. (Despite the lack of free corndogs). He is ALWAYS there for feedback from teams. I introduced him to 1923's Dean's List winner, Michael, and Frank's immediate response was: "Congratulations! Now tell me what you think about the season." That kind of recognition (hey, this is a kid who gets it, let's see what he thinks) is exactly the kind of thing EVERYONE on FIRST staff needs to have. He's responsive, he listens, and he addresses the concerns of the community. Every organization needs a Frank, but let's keep him for a while, ok?

2.) Submitting for Chairman's at multiple events. Awesome.

3.) Shortened Einstein without losing the excitement.

4.) Hall of Fame booth in the middle of the pits at WCMP. I hope it's a bigger display next year, but a step in the right direction.

5.) The introduction of YPD. Hopefully nobody ever has to use it for anything truly serious, but it's important to know that it's in place.

I agree with a lot of the stuff above me, but some of it I didn't get to see/experience in person, so I won't comment.

I know we all had our gripes about this game, but overall the 2014 -season- was pretty alright.