[Jarren Harkema]

I've seen it done both ways as a drive coach. Typically the only times I have seen it was when the robot was basically just a drive train.

It's hard to say about your specific scenario without knowing the details about your robot and its functions. If there are two logical ways to break it up. (controlling pivot/shooting and driving) as in your example, I would encourage you to practice that way and see how you like it. I know last year there would have been no possible way for us to do it. We ran out of buttons on the main drive joysticks and barely had enough on the secondary gamepad! I think it's going to be similar this year. You really need to find two drivers who are totally in sync with each other and don't argue about what needs to be done to get from point A to B.

Now you might have a rockstar driver who can do it all without missing a beat. In that case, what is the other "driver" going to do? Think about the ways the second driver can be used rather than a warm body behind the glass.