Lessons Learned - The Negative

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by johnr

It sounded like Woodie was getting us ready for some changes down the line.

Go watch the season-introduction video for FTC. What Woodie said was really surprising. As a voice-over to a video of FRC teams working on their robots, Woodie says, "FIRST is a microcosm of a real engineering experience because it's a problem too big, in a time too short, with a budget too small, and, in fact, a team too large." The video ends Woodie's segment without a strong conclusion, but it sounded (to me anyway) like Woodie was gently criticizing the FRC model. What was missing was Woodie saying, "and because of this, FIRST is going to do <something>" Since this was a video promoting FTC, the conclusion hanging in air is "FTC addresses these concerns." Or not. I wish Woodie had finished the thought.