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Unread 10-01-2002, 11:33
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way to alleviate the pressure...

Now I know many teams try to keep the same coach for all matches to establish a sense of continuity for the drivers. However having two different coaches alternating who work closely together would allow for the extra adult role (people like raul would get their chance to coach) while it would also alleviate some of the pressure on the coach. If there is some dispute, if something goes wrong in a match, simply having a second coach around who stands unified with the first coach could help prevent blame being placed wrongly. The only way for this system to work well is for the coaches to work soooo closely together with each other, and with the drive team that there is no confusion between matches when the coaches switch. Both coaches need to be well versed in the strategy of the game, and both need to be able to perform the same (full) coaching roles effectively.

I dunno... It's kind of confusing, but I think it will work. Our team is going to try something like that this year.

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