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Re: Opinions of Q&A

If you've been in FRC more than a year you know to take all pit scouting with a block of salt. There are certain things that can always be gleaned from pit scouting. If they tell you they cannot fit under the low bar, they very likely are telling the truth based on the dimensions of their robot. If they tell you they can do a 4 boulder autonomous in the high goal... I'll let my match scouts verify on field performance.

There are things you may be able to get besides drive train and other physical aspects of their bot that can be described during pit scouting. If you have an experienced coach, strategy expert, or knowledgeable pit scout you could send them with new scouts. An experienced strategist can figure out how to fit any robot into your alliance and optimize that match. An experienced strategist has also had X number of teams exaggerate their ability time after time to them. If Karthik were told by a team that they had the ability to do xyx, I would trust Karthik's judgment on what he "feels" that team could realistically do in a match far more than the optimistic team than did it once in a reveal video (and I would trust my match scouts more than either).

Pit scouting definitely has its place, but if it's something you can take real match data on... trust your match scouts.
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