[Mike Betts]

Originally Posted by Mr V

The analyst should not be confused with the Human player that is functioning as a 4th analyst. In some cases there just isn't a 4th student up to the task or just a 4th student period. One of the teams on Olympic started 3 seasons ago with 3 students and 1 mentor so everyone was on the drive team. Last year they were at that same level. This year they managed to expand their program to 5 students!!! They also managed to be 5th seed!!!



If the analyst we are talking about is the 3rd human player, ie not the feeder then yes the are supposed to be a pre-college age students. However if we are talking about the regular long standing analyst position then a college age student mentor or adult mentor is perfectly legal.

Mr. V,

With all due respect, the word ANALYST has never before appeared in any FRC rules manual nor Team Update until this year (I have PDFs going back to 1998 inclusive).

The word ANALYST is capitalized as it has an exact definition for the 2011 rules.

ANALYST – a HUMAN PLAYER that assists the COACHES with strategy. There is one ANALYST per ALLIANCE.

HUMAN PLAYER – a pre-college student team member that fills one of the ALLIANCE roles of FEEDER or ANALYST. There is one HUMAN PLAYER per TEAM.

I believe that you are the one confusing ANALYST and COACH.

COACH – a student or adult mentor identified as the person wearing the designated "COACH" pin or button during a MATCH. There is one COACH per TEAM.

There is no "regular long standing position" for an ANALYST in FRC.

The ANALYST must be a pre-college student team member.

Regards,

Mike