FIRST releases Team Update #18

[Daniel Brim]

There is a difference between criticizing FIRST and constructively criticizing FIRST.

For example, I have seen numerous posts (some have even drug head refs onto CD) looking like this:

Originally Posted by example poster

We lost the regional because of the refs call! They don't know the rules! They are biased!

How does this help? This post can be considered flaming. It may present a problem, but it doesn't present a solution.

Constructively criticizing may look something like this:

Originally Posted by Better example poster

There was a call today at Magnolia regional that may have cost our team the regional. I realize that the regional is over, and head ref is human and he may have missed something, but that is okay. In the future, we can fix it by (add idea to make things better here)

I'm sure FIRST does not mind something like this; 1. Because it is constructive and 2. Because it is Graciously Professional.

It is constructive criticism, from people like Travis, which has led to these rule changes. We should embrace the fact that FIRST cares about us enough to pay attention to us. If we were in a sport, they would say something like "Forget them!" We are truly lucky to have a dedicated staff that will respond to us.

-Daniel