[EricH]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Just a suggestion, please don't "vote" for your own teams.

Seconded.

We all know that your team has the best drivers in the world.

That's great. So do all of ours.

I could nominate one of my team's past drive teams--and I could back it up with numbers. Note that I said drive team, not driver. But, that makes me look like I'm bragging. I could ask, "Hey, what do you guys think of drive team X (who just so happens to be from my team)?" and I'd probably be OK. I'd also get a feeling for how they really were compared to the other drive teams out there. But If I just come out and say that that drive team is the best all-time drive team, then I'll probably have about 10 people saying that they weren't, the drivers from (those people's teams) were better, and all that sort of thing that doesn't make any friends. Especially if I were on that drive team (which I wasn't, but still).

Now, if someone else has already nominated that driver/drive team, that's a good time to present the evidence that may be a little more extensive because you've probably seen more of their work.



It's all about the teamwork and chemistry between drive team members. Ideally, a drive team practically uses telepathy to know what the rest of the team wants doing. Seeing as telepathy isn't exactly practical for most people, the closer you are the better. It's not about the driver, or the operator, or the coach. It's about all three of them, communicating, practicing, and learning what each other would probably do in a given situation.

When you pair an excellent drive team with a good robot and a lot of good practice, great things happen. Give a lousy drive team the same robot and same practice, and good things won't happen nearly as easily.