[JaneYoung]

To remove the adult coaches from the positions across the board, would weaken FRC, not only in the competition, but in general. There is a depth of wisdom that brings added dimension, skill level, and respect to FRC because of this aspect of it. A very important part of the FRC competition is to expose high school students to the skills and knowledge of professionals. If you remove the adult coaches from the field, then you are basically building a ship without a rudder. Each FRC team decides how it will build itself, how it can best showcase its strengths and talents, and how it can compete successfully. If that decision is removed from the team by a mandate from FIRST, then the ship will sink in harbor without having a chance to find the horizon on its own power.