[AdamHeard]

Not knowing the game, how all your students drive, how committed they'll be 4 months from now, etc... I would be hesitant to put such harsh restrictions on Driving.

We hold tryouts and try to pick the best compromise between skill, dedication (past dedication usually means future dedication to attend practice), attitude and contribution to the team. We won't put a kid out there that doesn't deserve it or has an awful attitude, but putting in 300 hours and designing half the robot doesn't guarantee a spot either. There generally aren't hard feelings about this from the gungho students, they know we're out there to win matches.

It's nice to have a driver not on pit crew in terms of stress and availability, but it's also nice for the driver to be able to jump in and fix issues during eliminations. Generally the coach should handle the prematch strategy talks anyway.