FRC team crisis - any suggestions?

[supernoodle]

Thank you all for your inputs so far. I have an update from today: we are planning to meet up with Coach Z in a Robotics meeting sometime in the next couple of weeks.

Also, here are some of my thoughts:

Our team is in a serious crisis. After hearing about the new syllabus and the "curriculum" part of our team, most of the members have lost enthusiasm and have decided to focus on another activity as well as Robotics. Many potential team members have decided not to join as a result. We used to host some FIRST events, also attending several community outreach events. As soon as Coach Z took power, we quit all of them. I won't quite believe that it was for the goodness of the team...and I also refuse to believe that it was the best choice.

Here is what I believe why Coach Z initiated some of the things he initiated. A lot of times last year, the team strayed from the mission for each meeting. Some people who had nothing to do distracted others and goofed around. Coach Z was in the CAD room, which was a little more remote from the other rooms, and always locked his door shut. Out of all the mentors, he had to be the one that we didn't really talk to. (hermit) A big thing last year was that Rookies weren't learning and doing as much as they could have done. In our programming section, we finished everything exactly on time and as planned, and didn't goof around too much. Other subteams didn't fare too well. However, I believe his solution is a bit too extreme.

That is why I believe that Coach Z is sucking out ALL the fun out of Robotics this year.