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Re: Mentors as Drive Coaches?

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Originally Posted by Madison View Post
...someone gave the kid negative rep. for this? Really?
After many years in FIRST as a volunteer and mentor, in roles that kept me mostly out of the field lights, I was asked by my rookie team last year to serve as field coach in their first-ever competition. I was reluctant, but did coach a few matches before handing off the role -- it was filled by two other adults before the team persuaded one of the seniors to take it on. The senior coach was a much better fit for our drive team than I or either of the other adults had been. He coached about half the matches at that event, and all of the matches for the rest of our rookie season. 30+ matches in all.

This year, my team has gone almost exclusively with student coaches. It seems to work best for us.

Drive team is emphatically NOT my idea of the "full FIRST experience". The OP's comments to that effect simply reflect his perspective on FIRST -- how can experienced adult FIRSTers find fault with that? I was seventeen and thought I knew everything once, too.

If I don't see his rep turn green again in a few minutes, I will fix it myself.
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