Role of Team Captain

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I don't think there's ever a robot that needs so much maintenance that being on the drive team (where 75% of their work is done when you can't fix the robot) would prevent them from doing that job effectively.

I'm a large supporter of the idea that Drivers should not be part of the Pit Crew, and shouldn't even have to worry about fixing the robot unless absolutely necessary. I've tried to play that role more than once at a few different levels and it justs adds another source of stress to an already stressful job. There's nothing better than going out to the field with your machine and knowing that you can drive it as hard as you need to and should something break your pit crew would be on top of it.

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Maybe Scouting?

Being a Driver and Scouting actually seem to go pretty well together. Having first hand knowledge (not filtered through a scouting system) of your allies and opponents can be the difference between winning and losing a match.

I always tell our Drive Team to watch as many matches as possible when we're at events with the hope that they'll gain some sort of insight into the competition.