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Originally Posted by dash121
I have an off question for this main topic. Our student field coach was put in a very hard situation during one of our competitions. What would have been the correct and best way to respond and react?
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This is a tough situation to deal with. I think we've all seen this posted on Chief Delphi enough to know that it happens.
If I were you, I'd bring your student drive coach and one adult mentor and go talk to the other adult drive coaches following the match. Be civil, but if you feel the agreed strategy wasn't followed then get an explanation on why it wasn't. There could be a number of reasons that the alliance strategy had to change mid-match. But at the very least you'll have an opportunity to voice your opinion and get an explanation that could turn into a learning opportunity - on multiple accounts.
Learn from your previous match, get feedback from your alliance partners if possible - and move on. Not every match will be positive, but you can't let those matches get your coach or your drive team down. Being a drive coach means having thick skin, adapting quickly and being willing to do what it takes to win. This is the FIRST Robotics
Competition and you'll find many take this competition very seriously.
But you know, have fun with it too.
And as to the original thread topic - Project! Better to have yelled and lost than to have never yelled at all. Communication is key and it's not always pretty during the intense time limitations of an FRC match. Sometimes I will preface our alliance partners that I will probably be yelling, but it's never in angst - it's just to clearly communicate. I always find that shaking hands post-match and talking on the way back to the pits helps emphasize this too. Usually I'll even yell out time reminders for the alliance - a reminder that we're coming up on 30 seconds never hurts.