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Originally Posted by Potatoes
This year, I will be in charge of of the strategy team, running tests to see who makes the best drivers, lead the scouting team at competition, and be the one checking the robot every step of the way to make sure it complies with the rulebook. I've never done any of these jobs before, does anyone have any advice on how to handle the 2015 season?
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I would be wary of being your team's robot inspector while trying to be the scouting lead. If your robot goes under any changes at all, then you will be spending a lot of time in the pits - i.e. away from the action and information on the field. Your best bet would be to delegate either coordinating the scouts or inspecting the robot to someone else because you can't be in 2 places at once.
The most valuable thing that a strategist can gain - IMO - is direct observation of the matches at your regional. I always watch the first ~10 matches in a row without doing anything else because then I get to see at least 1 match for every machine (with some exceptions). With just some notes from those matches, I can provide the main points that the drive team needs to know for all of their qualifications. Of course, robots will change throughout the event, but match data, scouting data, and pit scouting go a long way to staying updated.
Watching matches also gives you information that you can't get anywhere else. For instance, this year it was extremely important to know what fouls were being called and for what - which changes from event to event and even from ref to ref. This informs you on what risks your drive team should take during a match. In theory, your scouting team will get the fouls recorded, but the context is extremely important.