Dean's a douche? I haven't experienced that having met him several times (even being to his house for a supplier thing when I worked at a company that gave FIRST a ton of stuff). But I guess I could see how folks might form that opinion since he's definitely no Woodie Flowers in terms of social skills. :)
I regret using that word. The few times I saw him speak he was either a) obviously drunk b) hyping up the military like no one's business or c) just kind of bragging about whatever. It was shocking. Then I saw Woody speak a few times and it was like magic.
When my kid first got into First I keep asking him about Dean (again, I was a fan) and he was like, "no one cares about him."
My dad worked at DeKa for a few years. There are a collection of things, such as compulsory gifts that employees need to work on in their personal time for Dean, that make me think “douche” is an acceptable descriptor. However, I helped start an FRC team over a decade ago and my family is still active in mentoring. It’s a great program with great results.
