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Re: Mentors on drive team

So, I'll put in my 2 cents, and this may have been covered earlier in the thread, I just havent checked. On SparX we have never used a mentor coach, and we have had many wins at the both the regional and national levels. But, on the other side of things, the HOT team 67 had a mentor coach in 2005, 2009 and 2010 and all 3 years they won nationals (I believe they have had a mentor coach always, but those 3 years stood out in my head). So I think it does work both ways, and a mentor coach isnt always a bad thing.
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