Can drive coach ALSO be a human player?

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Originally Posted by Karibou

I don't think you'll find a lot of teams that will be using this technique. Using the coach as an actual coach is very adventageous, as the drivers are not always watching the entire field - just their robot.

$0.02

So you don't think it would be worth it to pass balls through the coaches on the outside?

It just seemed interesting to me; the idea that you have another pair of hands that COULD be used. Is it worth it? Probably not. Is it something to consider? Possibly.

Originally Posted by O'Sancheski

your driver coach is going to be too busy to be the human player anyway... your coach has to watch the whole field so that he/she can tell the drivers what they need to do

Probably yes, but again, it's an interesting idea to consider. This isn't like Lunacy; there's much more going on that the driver needs to be aware of. So in reality, the drive coach is very neccessary this year. But, if drive coach was ALSO passing balls from the human player on the outside to the trident holder in the middle, it could be useful.

Anyone planning on using their drive coach as a "human player"

Note that I don't mean literally a human player; I just mean another person to handle the soccer balls.