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Originally Posted by chantal68
I just have a couple of questions on this issue. As part of our team's scouting crew, I thought I was losing my mind when 217 came out in QFs and started shooting full court. "What!" I thought. "How did I miss THAT? I need to resign my post."
Then later someone told me that they had NOT been shooting full court all weekend...which is the correct answer? I totally missed their MO, or that their FCS was brand new?
Second, based on our scouting data (not my own personal skill), we did not see 217 as a viable pick option (no disrespect intended to 217). Therefore this makes me curious what data or skills other teams were noting that put 217 on the radar at all.
I ask these questions in the hopes of expanding our team's scouting ability because we are still very much learning. Thank you.
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Chances are alot of the helpful scouting done that caused 217 to be picked despite their Championship Q-round troubles would be past competition performance scouting. 217 did a fine job at the MSC, in fact good enough to win the thing. Watching any youtube videos of the MSC playoffs would have shown that.
Nowadays, so much data is needed to gauge a teams potential performance that external data is needed. Going purely off of CMP data, 217 was not a smart pick. But due to their potential from previous events, it became a smart but EXTREMELY risky pick. Worked to a point, their luck ran out in the Division Championship. With more technology and more video documentation comes more scouting resources.
1538 has some brass buns to make that pick. I don't think I would have had the courage to do so.