The Regional Wars

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by JVN

Ohh no, I'm soooooooo scared! Cmon Baker, pick your alliance. Don't limit yourself... pick from anywhere in the Midwest...

Better yet, make it a mentors grudge match. Grady drives his robot, Joel drives our robot. I'll coach. Are you ready for a full season of pent up "Joel-can't-drive-aggresion"? The man is an artist with a joystick... Are you ready for that?
I don't think so.

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

And if you think Joel will be agressive after not driving for one year, imagine how crazy im gonna go not having driven for 6 years!!! One thing is for sure...you older midwest engineers have NO chance of outdriving Joel and I, two people who were once masters of the FIRST joysticks! Just bring it!

-Andy Grady

My heavens, look at the trash talking from these two has-been-drivers. It's pretty sad, really. Sad to see these two guys cling to their former glory, much like an old, washed up jock who likes to tell tall tales. Worse yet, that uppity V-Neun is dragging a fine young man, Joel Johnson, into this helplessness.

The only way that this "match-up" could ever happen is if 126 and 229 would bring their robots to Indiana for the July 9-10th IRI. Many good midwest teams will be there, and you could even pick our partner for us.

As for driving, I am terrible. The last time I drove, I put a hole in our alliance station wall (2001) after going airborne off the ramp. Needless to say, I will let our students drive. They are much better at it than I and I don't have any has-been dreams that I need to prove.

So, I'm up for the challenge... bring it on. But, you gotta bring it to Indy.

Andy B.