You never have enough time to fix everything, you have to pick and chose what you want fixed
This is a hard game where few robots do more than one thing well. We need to focus on our strengths and the Strategy set out at the beginning of the season.
With a little more practice time, we can improve significantly. This is true for other teams and I expect teams which have a second play North Bay will improve as well.
This year’s game is much harder than i initially thought
Putting untested or unproven Mechanism on the field for the first time usually doesn’t work
The flow of the chairman’s (Impact Award) presentation
Always, always go back to your Priority List, no matter how late in the season it is.
Having sour keys in the Pit was much appreciated by a number of the Pit Crew members… And a few other people…
Once again, no matter how late in the season, make sure that you aren’t over complicating things or being overambitious.
We are better when we focused on a Strategy that suited our robot better
We are a very young team and there is still much learning to be had
Taking a step back and clearing your head can give you a new perspective on a problem that may help solve it
Less people in the Pit leads to more efficient work
Having everyone be an expert on a few teams leads to better Scouting. That way, everyone is an expert on something and can speak at length about it.
Things the team did well:
Putting our people in the right Competition Roles, while still giving opportunities to try out other roles.
Helping other teams
Helping other teams - 4015 and 2013 for example - which is an investment of ‘good will’ with these teams, is founded in our Team Culture and often gets back to the Judges.
Helping other teams get their robots working when they didn’t have something else to do (Topping Crew)
Strategy and Scouting - I was impressed on the quality of observations and input at the Scouting Meeting as well as how well the scouting group worked in the Stands.
Scouts were awesome getting useful data and not missing many Matches
Deciding what we needed to change on our robot. In the Scouting Meeting, on the spot, we decided to change things based on the results of our performance on the field. This shows flexibility.
We should decide what plan we really want from the beginning to have and stay with that one instead of changing it in the middle of the tournament. Now that we know we are cappers we can focus on improving that aspect of our robot.
Team Image
Have all team members in team apparel ie shirts…if too cold maybe wear a black long sleeve underneath
more cheering
Listening to others’ points and ideas (ie. during the Scouting Meeting).