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Originally Posted by Commanchetruck
I personally dont believe adults should be able to coach. If your robot is built by students students should make the decisions in the match. Adults tend to get too caught up in things and become angry. Thats probably why this year no adults or mentors can take up a complaint about a match. My drive team has made some decisions that have gotten us in trouble with our mentors but the results were either that we succeded in blocking the ramp, etc and that the robot got damaged. I have seen adults in between matches while teams were on deck changing batteries or doing some repairs and the students arent involved. If an adult is changing a battery, im going to wonder who built the robot. I dont think adults should be allowed anywhere but the stands.
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Then I'm glad your not in charge of FIRST!
Except there ARE teams who's robots are designed and built with engineer help, and that can not be changed. That will always be a hot point of FIRST And for now, engineers and adults are allowed to work on the robots.
Ill admit, I mentor my team for 2 reasons. One is for the students, There is NOTHING that compares to hearing them cheer there hearts out for a 120 pound hunk of robot. Second reason: I Love robots. I'm studying electronics so i can do the thing i love as a career. Problem is, as a college student i don't have the means or money to build my own robots, so by mentoring a team, i can get some hands on time and pass my knowledge on, and help build a robot! So take away my ability to be a coach, but don't lock us mentors out of the pits, We like working on robots too, and we put in as many hours in as our students did in our robot.