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Originally Posted by Leeland1126
I'm personally of the opinion it should be a student. This organization is about inspiring the students, and I understand that that comes with the mentors being the ones who try their best to inspire, and thus having a mentor coach seems to fit the ideal of FIRST perfectly (The mentor instructs, the students act), but it just seems right to me that a student coordinates the creation on the field. As someone who is looking into mentoring new teams soon, I'd love the opporunity to coach a team. But my rule for myself is, should I be asked to coach, I won't coach a match unless there is NO student willing to do the job.
That's just my 2 cents. In the end, whatever everyone agrees on and whatever makes everyone happy is the best decision.
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Leeland, I think you meant "unless there is no student willing to do so"
I would tend to agree with you on that one. I personally am in favor of the student side. In this case, I do prefer the student side but I understand and support the mentor side as well. It truly does depend on the team. I would love to keep coaching after I leave, but I also feel like doing it as a student makes it more meaningful to me because I may not get the opportunity again. I am in no way the perfect coach, nor do I claim to know everything. I do, however, work as hard as I can to become the best I can be, and some of the great mentor coaches have inspired me to do so. I have to say this thread has been pretty excellent in keeping discussion civil, as this topic usually gets out of hand.
There are valid points on either side, which is what the debate usually boils down to. The best comment on the thread was "live and let live." Each team has their own system and their reasons for it. You can disagree if you want, just dont accuse them of "doing it wrong" (not that anyone is yet, just, for future reference)