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Originally Posted by SirTasty
Or just make them take all of their orders from the coach. The last thing you want is to drive the robot by committee.
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It's not that simple. I've done every position on the Drive team in my time in FIRST from Human Player, To Operator, To Driver, To Coach and there's a lot more to putting two People together and telling them to listen to the coach.
Those two people need to build a bond and learn how one another think and react. A lot Coaches including myself tell their Drivers where to go, but not how to get there. I tell them to score, and where to score, but they decide the path and how they want to do it. I've found that this leaves the drivers to find the most efficient path since they know the robot and it's capabilities.
A little anecdote, if I may: My Senior year in High School I was the Team Captain and Driver. All of the members of the Driveteam were close friends of mine and many of us knew one another since before HS. My operator knew how I thought that year and he and I would drive without speaking. He would know what move I would make before I made it and that allowed us to drive as one cohesive unit.