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Re: Graduate -> Mentor
The Robolions (my old team) do not let grads come back as mentors for at least a year after they have graduated. We do this so that the team can get a new identity and start listening to the new leadership teams after all the old people have left. We had a case a couple years ago where an ex-captain came back as a mentor right after they graduated. The students on the team would try to put him in command as opposed to the new leadership team that was just moving in. As a mostly student run team, this was a headache for the new leadership involved and we ended up telling the guy to not come back for a year. Everything went smoothly after that.
It was not even that the guy was trying to take control, just that people defaulted to him as "leader". So we put the alums away for at least a year so that the younger students find a new "leader" to listen to and develop on their own as a team.
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2014 Gateway Robotics Challenge winners (With 2481 and 1985)
2011 St. Louis Regional Winners (With 1985 and 3284)
2010 Highest Rookie Seed
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