No more adult coaches

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Posted by Wayne Cokeley at 04/12/2001 8:34 AM EST


Coach on team #25, Raider Robotix, from North Brunswick Twp. H.S. and Bristol-Myers Squibb.


In Reply to: No more adult coaches
Posted by julia walsh on 04/12/2001 8:02 AM EST:



: XCATS -#191- have had only student coaches for the last 3 years. You have to qualify and it is usually seniors.
: With the heartbreak this year, of adults pushing the red button, I think we should think seriously about all student coaches for next year.
: Perhaps only rookie teams could have one adult coach.

: After all who's competition is this anyway??

More distressing were the highly emotional, goal oriented, adult coaches which we found simply shouted down or ignored our sophomore student drive team. Professional? Maybe, but certainly not gracious. Adults on the field tend to destroy any credibility a young drive team might have since they automatically are no longer peers despite their knowledge of the game or lack thereof.
I was surprised that in Fla there was a designation (with the yellow sticker) of which students were the coaches and were therefore allowed to push the red button. Since our entire drive team is made of students would it really have made a difference? I guess it's just the rules....