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Originally Posted by Taylor
Teams trust one driver to drive the robot.
Teams trust one operator to operate the mechanisms.
Teams trust one human player/analyst/payload spec1al1st.
Teams trust one coach to coach the drive team.
Why the controversy over trusting one student representative, who has had 2-3 days to prepare, to make an alliance picking decision?
No cell phones, no computers, no electronics. Using them during selections is selfish and rude. It sends a message of unpreparedness. If I were in that position, would be mortified to be talking on the phone or sending/receiving texts or playing with a computer while an entire regional (and those watching the webcast) awaits my decision.
One piece of paper, on a clipboard, with your top 23 teams in ranked order. And a pen to cross out those already picked. And a smart, capable student representative. That's all you need.
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Unfortunately some teams put either their driver or team captain who has had no interfacing with the scouts/data on the field for selections just because of their role. Depending on the knowledge of that student and if we ever were in that situation I wouldn't trust them to make a good decision, hand me a phone.
I have never waited on a text. I have even waited more time on a captain or two team alliance spending 5 minutes looking through a piece of paper to make a pick. This year at GSR there was an incident where an unprepared captain was told to put their phone away and then had to stare at the screen for both their first a second picks as they had no idea. Another thing is some teams don't prepare in their last few matches as the rankings are finalized and teams slip up into pick position.