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Re: On field Coach - Student or Adult

Relax, fellas. He's asking an honest question, or rather two of 'em.

To cut to the chase, they are:
1) Does your team use a student or adult as the drive coach?
2) What are your reasons for decision #1?

If this thread stays civil, I think we can have some good conversation. If the discussion gets out of hand, I'm sure a mod can be found to cut it off.

That said:

1197 used a combination this year. I wasn't closely involved, but if I recall correctly, during strategy meetings a mentor would be present regardless of who the coach was, in case of overbearing mentors on other teams. (Essentially, as a shield.) I don't recall seeing mentors on the field as a coach, but then again I wasn't paying much attention as I had my attention elsewhere. The reason why? Students run 1197, but they do work closely with the mentors--it's not uncommon to find parts done by mentors, or mentors showing students some new tricks to building a robot, or senior students showing younger students what they've learned. I'm sure if the students wanted an adult coach, one of the mentors would step up.
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