Why can there be adult coaches on the drive team?

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Here are some prior discussions on this topic.

From 2012: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=105371
From 2011: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=93881
From 2009: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=77390
From 2008: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=67426
From 2006: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=45367

Thank you for the links of the previous discussion, I should have done a better job searching for those.

Their are clearly some merits to having adults on the drive team and also downsides, there will probably never be a right answer.

But, one interesting argument I saw was: If adults can be coaches why cant they also drive the robot? Can anyone expand on that question?