The Future of FRC Teams....

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Which is interesting, because at Great Lakes we got down to the final alliance selection and both 503 and 67 - defending world champs - were on the sideline waiting to be picked. HOT got the spot, 503 waited for Atlanta.
I wouldn't be that hard on yourself. You have a good solid program that shows itself in so many ways off the field - kickoff, practice field, FLL support, etc. Sometimes a design or other decision about the robot can make you uncompetitive for a year (meaning you won't be in the finals, not that you will lose every game). That's nothing to be ashamed of - learn from the mistakes and come back better the next year.

Its just that the way we were making our bots was changing mentaly. We were in this huge slump where no matter what happens, it is never the robot. It is the drivers, or the mentors, the refs, the alliance partners, bad luck, ect... We are currently working very hard to get over that, but we are very proud of the way our team connects with our community and with other teams! The point I was trying to make was that even a World Championship team can reach the point where change is needed to get to the top again.