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View Poll Results: Who is the most SKILLED driver in FIRST?
Ricky Q. 3 2.70%
Matt Attallah 3 2.70%
Mimi Brown 5 4.50%
Austin Butler (AKA Clark Gilbert in Agr. thread) 5 4.50%
? Drrr Jay Fluck ? 3 2.70%
Goober65 13 11.71%
Tyler Eglen (PantherTech, 292, Newton) 4 3.60%
dare I say, Other? 75 67.57%
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Unread 05-05-2003, 22:53
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Who is the most SKILLED driver in FIRST?

This is a spawn of the "who is the most aggressive driver in FIRST" thread....as someone suggested, skill is what really counts!
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well in the off chance we do goto IRI, come see me, i will give you a chance to "test drive" our robt", and show you just how hard it is to do, esspesially when you have to do everything all yourself while moving Lightening Fast, not only is steve not afraid of anything, he also is very skilled
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when you have to do everything all yourself while moving Lightening Fast, not only is steve not afraid of anything, he also is very skilled
From what i saw at Semi-Finals, and Finals at Nats, i'd have to agree 100%....driving that thing that fast....really, he made it look easy....it was almost as if you had some kind of "Human Error Prevention Software!"
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Thanks Tony. Common Austin, how could you not mention a winning alliance driver. Whether it was 469, 111 or 65. At least one of them should get honorable mention. It's pretty bad when you have a 3 year veteran driver from wildstang, with two national finalist awards behind him giving you gruff.
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Come on Austin, its not hard..say it with me... D.J. not Drr Jay..its not hard to say. Even my 2 year old cousin can say it..so obviously it isnt hard
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Come on Austin, its not hard..say it with me... D.J. not Drr Jay..its not hard to say. Even my 2 year old cousin can say it..so obviously it isnt hard
no no no...you both have it wrong...it's either the Deejmeister...OR (my personal favorite..) Donald Jasper
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well in the off chance we do goto IRI, come see me, i will give you a chance to "test drive" our robt", and show you just how hard it is to do, esspesially when you have to do everything all yourself while moving Lightening Fast, not only is steve not afraid of anything, he also is very skilled
Meh, I want to give it a try.. the robot appears to be like ours, minus turning problems, among other things (when in high).. and from what I hear, the exact same gearing.
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Tyler

Austin is very good, Allen is awesome... but...

Tyler from PantherTech is the best. Many times, 292 would be down and out during a match. Tyler and his wingman, Nick, would figure out a way to win, numerous times.

These guys had a reliable robot with a simple design. Tyler's skill beat faster and sometimes stronger robots that had more features.

PantherTech had one of the best runs of success in recent FIRST history: #1 seed in Great Lakes w/ a semi-final result, #1 seed at Midwest w/ a Championship, #1 seed in Newton w/ a divisional championship. This was a great run, and Tyler's driving had alot to do with this success.

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i would have to say Fady Kais of team 902. He might be a bad driver in the real world but with the robot he had no equal. i don't think i saw him ever hit any walls or such and i know that he could get within inches of a stack and manuver around them. he is an excellent driver and i don't think i have seen his match yet. he has the knowledge of where to put the robot or what part is perfect for something that might arise. He is just.....awesome.
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2 people that I can think of that deserve this award

Allen from Wildstang. Anyone that can control a crab drive system like that has got to be the best driver in FIRST. That baby was so fluid, but you'd have to give credit to the wing man, Dan, because those two worked together amazingly well.

But I believe that everyone has forgotten our driver, Chris. If anyone was watching Galileo's field, you wold notice that we were in firts place most of the time. After so many matches people would ask us - how is that bot in first? It sucks.. People really did say that. It's simple, excellent driving and excellent strategy. If you watch most of our matches, you'd find that with three robots on the top, we could always make room to get a fourth on top. I have always found that with a decent bot and excellent driving, you will do much better. And for the people that brag about being aggressive, destroying your robot shows that you have no control or are just plain dumb. I really suggest that you check out a couple of the matches from Galileo, because I believe that you overlooked Chris.
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no no no...you both have it wrong...it's either the Deejmeister...OR (my personal favorite..) Donald Jasper
Donald Jasper? I always thought it was Don Juan ...

As far as the most skilled driver goes, I'm going to have to say Joey, our driver last year and in 2000, is the most skilled driver in FIRST. Unfortunately, he graduated last year but our new driver, Adam, rocks too! Watch out at IRI, everyone - 93 is comin' at-cha!!

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Not trying to too my own horn...

...but I'd like to throw my name into the pot too. Not so much for the 2002 game (we all know how much skill was required for that BEAST), but for the 2001 game. I've heard some people call the 2001 Beatty robot automatic and things like that, but it wasn't as easy as it looked to line everything up perfectly match after match. Sure I made my mistakes, but who doesn't? I just wish I could have driven a more competitive game, like this year's or back in 1999. I did drive in 2000, but I was only a button pusher.

As for Allen...I've driven that 2002 'Stang bot...and man....I don't know how you do it Allen!

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Please - o' please- o' please. Somebody have some sort of video tape at Pittsburg (especally during the finals!!) I'll show you my skills and agressiveness (other thread)! Please!!

I need that tape to prove my worth!!!
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I'd have to say that the best drivers must be on teams like 1114, 365, or any other stacking team *ahem*. They needed to line up with boxes while getting smashed by other teams and also protecting their stack among other things. To do this well, we had 30+ hours of driver practice to do it well.
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