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Re: Adult coach?
Our team, like and unlike many others, has always had a mentor play the role of coach.
That being said, remember this is only our fourth year.
Stated before, having a mentor as a coach helps because they can assign congradulations and criticism in (hopefully) constructive ways. In previous years Kevin (Kolo.... KoloJ) has been our drive coach which, imo, helped us a great deal. Unlike our students, he has been in FIRST for years, and has driven a great deal, giving him experience and 'wisdom of the feild' to pass on to us.
As for "robbing a student" of a possible job, I'm sure our team would allow anyone who they find capable of taking the position to become a coach.
And although some people are very against this type of mentor involvement, the driver-coach relationship stregthens the bond between students and mentors.
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