I'm the coach for 1511 and we have a pretty good system. Our scouting and strategy master will basically talk with me before a match and come up with a gameplan for the next match. This is the drive team's time to work alongside a mentor who is strategizing just as much as the coach. Plus, it gives me an experience to step into that I've learned a lot from and gotten better at.
The chemistry really works on our drive team. I'm really good friends with the members and that really helps. I've also been a leader on the team and coach for a couple of years, so I do have some experience, but it's all about the drive team.
I can totally see both sides of this argument. Frankly, if I were a driver it would be awesome to play a match under direction of the best of the best mentors. However, it is also true that I have coached alongside other coaches who are much, much better then some adult coaches.
You can't generally compare student and mentor coaches, it needs to be taken case by case and team by team to see who is best for the job. I believe our way of running it is GOOD not the ONLY way, not the BEST way, but a good way.
This is MHO. Please don't flame me, I don't mean to upset anyone else.
