Role of Team Captain

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by EricH

The exception is eliminations. At that point, if the drivers don't know how to fix some of the robot, even the extra pit crew probably won't help...

This is true. I agree that the Drivers should be able to do basic repairs to the robot as well as be able to provide accurate feedback to the Pit Crew and Programmers. I just prefer not to have my Drivers fix the Robot at Competitions unless it's absolutely Necessary. (We've been lucky enough to have an Ace Pit Crew the last few years so the Driver's rarely worry about the robot, but I could see where some teams may need their Drive team to play double duty.)

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

For regular Regionals I can see this, but how did this work out for you at Championship last year?
With all the walking back and forth it's really hard to see more than a fraction of the other matches, and some teams you never get to see play.
Our driver team gives Scouting input like which teams are easy to work with, which are demanding, uncooperative, and difficult, who has the coolest phone apps...

To be honest, I don't know how many Championship Matches my Drive Team saw last year because I rarely left the pits but I know they did. I know when we walked out to the dome we would often watch a match or two before ours, but I don't know if they ever got the chance to actually sit in the stands and watch matches. I am a fan of Drivers giving feedback to scouts about how well we worked with teams, I think we may have to do more of that this year.