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Re: [FRC Blog] - Rookie Registration and On-Field Coaches

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Originally Posted by Kimmeh View Post
I'm quite aware. I've been on both the drive team and a drive coach as well.

This happened in 2011 so the details are a bit fuzzy now. There might have been profanity, which I know would set me off. Again, I don't remember what was said, just that it was what was said, not the volume that it was said at. And I know that both the students on my team as well as the other team were were very upset.
Yep, I have seen and heard those exchanges several times! The one that sticks out to me the most was during a practice match at a one day off-season and another team's drive coach just lost it in the last 10 seconds.

These situations do happen. Its comical what happens when you put humans in a high stress environments and see the result. As I said earlier, these interactions aren't age specific. To say that a student in that situation wouldn't have exploded both in temper and language is absurd. It comes down to the personality of the individual. I have personally seen a tendency of students behind the glass to have a large amount of profanity while driving from both coaches and drivers. No one should be on the drive team if they can't hold their composure in high stress situations and still represent their teams. There isn't a blanket rule FIRST can make that will fix this. This comes down to team's decisions on who should be on the drive team and why.
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