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Originally Posted by rsisk
It might also be interesting to define the role of the drive coach.
I see the drive coach as being the meta layer on top of the drive team. In other words, I see them as more of an alliance coach and only dropping down to the drive coach role in order to handle exceptions. Normally, the drive coaches should be interacting with the other drive coaches for strategic direction, monitoring time and scores, and looking for inter-team interactions required to keep the alliance flowing and scoring.
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I also see the drive coach being somewhat of a "spotter" for the drive team. Most robot operators have tunnel-vision directed towards their robot, and in a tricky situation, such as getting around an elaborate defensive blockage, having the drive coach talk them through the chaos is not at all out of line.
Though this year, our drive coach spent more time coordinating the human players during the match than directing the drive team.