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Re: A Coach for the Alliance - The Supercoach

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Originally Posted by WaterClaw View Post
in reference to the OP;

My only concern with super coaches is teams fighting over who would have ultimate control. During the heat of the moment, everyone has very jacked up opinions of their abilities and often are far less capable than they think they are.

Also, with one of the coaches being the super coach you run the risk of your drive team being forced to handle the environments of the game all on they're own and hence taxing their focus on their specified tasks. You would need to have a highly competent drive team and an even more competent commander to coordinate all three teams in the alliance at once.
Your first point is perfectly valid and in my original post, it's listed as reason (c) as to why the supercoach position may fall apart during qualifications.

As far as the coach-less drivers are concerned, I've touched on this once before, but my intention is that one of the human players can transition into the coaching position. I understand that some folks are not comfortable with this, but there are quite a few options here. Perhaps the pedestal human player can alternate between coach and human player. Perhaps the operator can transition into the coach since he/she usually isn't as intense into the robot as the main driver.

Another question that may come up:
What is your team doing to support the supercoach position?
We're doing a small number of things that will not only help us support the supercoach position, but also make our driveteam better.
1) The drive team coach understands, and fully accepts, the concept of a supercoach. Our drive team coach is prepared to not only become the supercoach, but take instructions from a supercoach from a different team.
2) Usually, our human player is someone who compliment's the drive team's personality. This year, the human player will also be someone who can replace the coach during the match.

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