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Originally Posted by Fields
Rookie team here.
We want to get into scouting, but man is it overwhelming!
Back to researching and comparing.
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First, as a rookie team don't be overly ambitious. The most important task your "scouts" can do this year is to go visit the best teams. I'm not familiar with Minnesota, but you can go to the Blue Alliance and research each team's history:
http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015mnmi2
Second, I endorse Steve Smith's advice. As a rookie if you are an alliance captain you most likely will need a high scoring team as your first pick. You can use the OPR calculation on Blue Alliance, but subtract off the coop points (divide by 3) because those points aren't available during eliminations. That team most likely will have a draft list already for the second pick--use their list.
As for pre-match scouting, start by looking at the match schedule. If you've done your research on Blue Alliance, you can guess at which teams will most likely be the best teams on your alliance. Go to that team, which most likely will act as "alliance captain" for that match, an hour before your match and confer with them about your roles. Listen to their direction--they will have more experience than you. Short of being told where "free parking" is on the field, figure out how to accomplish your task as best you can with the robot you have.