[AllenGregoryIV]

From what you said and looking at the The Blue Alliance results it looks like your team was just missed in Alliance selection. A rookie All-star with an understanding of the game as deep as you just presented is normally picked. Teams aren't perfect and often teams get overlooked during alliance selection.

I would highly recommend building relationships with teams in your area so you can talk to some of the people generating pick lists and find out where you are on their list. Once you have been doing this for a while you can normally have a good idea of where you will be picked by late in the morning.

You have to also remember that it is people doing the picking so it's not just about the numbers. How your team and robot looks and how you represent yourself go a long way to make sure you are playing on Saturday afternoons. Do you have a clear image? Did all the teams at the event know who you are? Pit banners, robot image, t-shirts, cheering all go into this.

If your goal is to be the best inbounder/defensive robot feel free to tell this to the teams doing pit scouting and also during your pre-match strategy sessions.

Everyone scouts differently I know our scouting sheet doesn't focus to much on scoring in the goals. We look at inbound catches, defensive tackles, lost balls and many other stats to try to find the best teams available that can play the different roles needed in an alliance.