Chief Delphi - [FRC Blog] - Rookie Registration and On-Field Coaches

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Originally Posted by EricH (Post 1279740)

but it seems to my hazy recall of descriptions that if a team used 2 coaches, one had to be a student.

Many teams did this (one adult one student) but it was not required. On my HS team, our rookie & second year in 96-97, we had two adults, the third year we had 1 student & 1 adult. I've said many times I loved that combo and as the student I learned so much from the chance to coach with the safety net of a good mentor at my back.

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Originally Posted by BrendanB (Post 1279747)

I highly doubt the intentions of the person in question are what you make it out to be. As Tyler mentioned you often times have to yell to get your point across as a coach.

So you might doubt it, but I can verify the screaming coach situation. I've seen it numerous times, some cases the coach yelling at our drivers, some cases the coach screaming at their own scared kids. You can tell the intention/reception by the reaction of the other people around. If their own kids are startled/scared, they are angry yelling, if their own kids are calm, they might just be yelling to be heard. But either way, if it was perceived as aggressive and mean, there should be discussions and apologies after. I've seen coaches continue to yell at alliance partners as they left the field... the "heat of battle" story does not apply for all cases. I would like to guess that 60-75% of the cases are yelling to be heard, but there are certainly a number of adult coaches that I would NEVER let coach my teams. I don't care the results, if your team is even PERCEIVED as a bully, I don't want you as my coach, I don't want to work with you, I certainly WONT pick you, and I really hope to never play at an event with you again. It makes the entire alliance miserable when a coach yells aggressively at another team's drivers. Look at the 67/48/148 example... did any one of those coaches ever yell at the other team's drivers? I hope not.

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Originally Posted by sanddrag (Post 1279778)

I think FIRST did the right thing here leaving it up to the teams.

THIS!! I will admit, I was really nervous when I first started reading Frank's Blog. I am relieved at the decision, and impressed with his great suggestions, but I am glad they didn't try and decide for us.

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Originally Posted by TheMadCADer (Post 1279846)

I've been seeing a few posts commenting on adult drive coaches lining up the robot before a match. I do see this as well sometimes, but one thing that is easy to miss from the stands is a student standing far back and making sure the robot is lined up, and instructing the mentor in what needs to be changed to line up properly...

One of my favorite memories this year (a result of constantly sticking my camera in drivers faces) is during the Beantown Blitz mentor matches, catching all the students having to tell the mentors what to do as they set up, showing them the controls, how to line up the robots, how to read the screens... while there were some mentors that knew exactly what to do, the majority did not, and I think that means our kids are certainly taking the lead in several places!! :)