Can a student Coach press the Stop Button
 

Posted by Derek Olson at 03/20/2001 9:57 PM EST


Student on team #537, Domo Arigato, from Sussex/Hamilton and GE Medical System.



Can a Student Coach press the stop button to disable the robot and stop the clock? Or does it have to be a driver?

Tony Michalski
Domo Arigato #537

as the rules stood in longisland, no...
 

Posted by colleen - T190 at 03/20/2001 11:38 PM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science and WPI.


In Reply to: Can a student Coach press the Stop Button
Posted by Derek Olson on 03/20/2001 9:57 PM EST:



after having this issue on a couple of occasions in long island (coaches hitting buttons), the referees started asking specifically before the match "which two are the coaches? you CAN'T hit the button" and knowing which to people were the mentors (regardless of being students or not) they would watch them and they were not allowed to ever hit the button..

so i'm pretty sure even though the rule says (i think) a 'student member' of the team must hit it, it's referring to the drivers/human players and not the mentors.. because if it was simply a basis of student vs. adult.. teams would be at a possible advantage/disadvantage if there are 5 people or only 3 that can hit the button..

as well.. teams like us who have two college students for coaches (who you can't necessarily tell apart from a high school student) could possibly hit the button without anyone being the wiser..

best plan: don't have the coaches do it.. and have one person who's in charge of doing it for every match..

Re: as the rules stood in longisland, no...
 

Posted by Brett at 03/24/2001 10:30 PM EST


Student on team #201, Viste-FEDS, from Rochester High School.


In Reply to: as the rules stood in longisland, no...
Posted by colleen - T190 on 03/20/2001 11:38 PM EST:



: best plan: don't have the coaches do it.. and have one person who's in charge of doing it for every match..

Our human player (*raises hand*) does it, because he's generally useless once that goal is filled to the desired amount...

~BC

Re: Can a student Coach press the Stop Button
 

Posted by Carolyn Duncan at 03/21/2001 3:52 PM EST


Student on team #495, The Pack, from Jamestown High School and VBEP/Raytheon/Saic.


In Reply to: Can a student Coach press the Stop Button
Posted by Derek Olson on 03/20/2001 9:57 PM EST:



At VCU the point was made repeatedly that a student must press the button. If a mentor presses the button it is grounds for DQ of all allience members.
:Carolyn
Team 495