One of the things that I can reccomend is keeping your head out on the field. In the heat of the moment, people yell, and some of them sound very angry when yelling. Don't get defensive, and keep your cool. As long as you remove yourself from the picture, and just focus on being an extension of the OI, you'll do fine.

Oh, and also, as the head drive train guy from 114, don't be afraid to bash up your bot on another. As it's been said before: you can always fix the bot, but a match is done once that buzzer sounds.