Heaven forbid an unprepared alliance captain picks any old team then proceeds to have fun in the elims.
Winning is great. After all, it is a competition at its core. But let's try not to put too much of an emphasis on it to the point where we're bad-mouthing a team's picking methods (or lack thereof). Next year, hopefully with the help of this community, they'll know of the different ways to scout, and its importance.
Some teams may never care. I think we'd probably just pull the old "eeny meeny miney mo" trick, or the really fun "shout if you want us to pick you!" tactic if we were ever captains. Sometimes, the lack of students (or lack of those interested in scouting) can be the reason they don't scout, either. When you've got 3 students working on the 'bot and two who drive, they're probably not going to put aside much time (if any at all) to go gather data.
Just keep in mind that no two teams are the same.
EDIT: Didn't see you post, Kevin, but it's ironic that you mentioned having fun. Took me some time to type this out.
