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Originally Posted by Will Andrews
It seems to me that when the mentors get involved with the drive team they take away from the students. If you're telling the students exactly what to do in the matches then what's the point of even having the students drive the robots? Why not just let the mentors take over? Having mentors coach might make your team more successful but since when is the focus of the competition on winning matches?
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I think your comment is more in line with the role of the coach as a position and less what mentors actually do. Are you saying that student coaches telling student drivers exactly what to do is better then mentors doing the same thing? In both cases the coaches "might as well take over." And if you're suggesting that students would be less pushy then mentors, then I'd say you don't know too many competitive students!
Side note: the focus of the competition
is to win. That's why winners get trophies. But the focus of
FIRST is inspiration. Competition and FIRST are separate entities that have different goals. Be careful not to get them confused.
EDIT: Eric beat me to it...