[Dunngeon]

955 uses a student drive coach (me), which we prefer because we are a student run team. My only disappointment from this year is I was co-driving for our single driver (only one controller) and couldn't interface well with other teams while managing our driver.

I think this part hurt our robots performance at worlds because there was a lot more strategy going on which required more talking between the teams.

So, what I got from the season is that we needed 2 individuals who were quick on their feet with strategy and adaptation. One to co-drive our driver, and one to take the position of coach which will allow us adequate ability to work effectively with other teams. Ideally, this will be the driver, but it's extremely hard to find good drivers that can do strategy on the fly.

973 and 1717 did a great job managing strategy, going over all contingency plans before the match. Unfortunately we threw a wrench in their plans by missing an auto ball, but the strategy dictated what to do and contributed to a smooth match. That level of strategy was something I personally had never seen in a match, and would be a good argument for a mentor on strategy meetings or actually on the drive team in an effort to keep strategy at such a high level.

To address the adults that overpower the students, It's there, I had it attempted on me once. I suspect it would have been pulled more often if I didn't look 20 something). An Adult definitely would help most teams with this.