when I was invited to help out a rookie team 6 years ago I had know idea what I was signing up for...I thought I was going to be helping out a couple of kids with a science project...Once they showed me what we were up against I adopted the attitude of 'knowlegable team member' more than 'mentor'...The kids knew the game, I only knew how to program. we did well winning rookie allstar and going to atlanta..

For me small teams with few mentors worked the best...Too many mentors can spoil the bot...

Brian