Quote:
Originally Posted by MentorOfSteel
... Everyone seems to agree that FIRST is about training and inspiring the technical leaders of tomorrow ...
-George
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FIRST is about inspiring students for "tomorrow", yet it's an unfair assertion to imply that FIRST isn't about inspiring the adults that can bring about change "today".
My overall take on coaching:
Mentors put so much work into organizing, fund raising, mentoring, and such -- why leave them out of the fun of competition altogether? I get no internal satisfaction from the cliche "we're all winners" when I know that if I weren't on the sidelines I would have played a strategy would have worked to win us a particular match rather than lose it. The core model of FIRST is a competition; while overarching message isn't ever lost on me, for 2 minutes at a time it's nice to be able to play to that model (with integrity of course).