[Sunshine]

Not sure if I totally agree. I get your point but there are exceptions when great scouting comes into play this year during selections. There was a definite split this year between the very good and average bots. Teams needed to make intelligent well informed decisions for their third pick. Often (for us and others anyways) you sellected a team that did one thing well and consistently. And that was always my message when working with new rookie teams. Don't try to do everything your first year. Try to do one thing and do it to the best of your ability. This year, that could mean consistently doing a 3 or 4 stack. Do it well and you can be noticed by good scouts. Case in point, we helped in the selection of our third aliance partner at Midwest. They showed that they could do 3/4 stacks well and often. They were used to do what they did best. Alone, they were supplying 12-16 points. It was the alliances job to cap those off fior maximum points. This concept won us the regional. They also were able to just drive to the scoring zone in auto. Many would say big deal. Our aliance constantly recieved 4 simple points in auto with their help. Again, you would say big deal. We won the rubber match for the blue banner by 6 points. Did those 4 points make a difference? Yup! Our aliance also had a great human player. Often contributing 20+ points to each match. Again, did this simple task that is not robot related help us for the win? Yup! In fact, we are often surprised of the lack of good scouting that over looks the great human player and their important contribution to scoring points. Every regional we did had teams not making it to semi-finals by 1/2 point. Every tote scored, every noodle delivered and/or the simplist of auto routines made a big difference.