[Boltman]

Personally would not go with "stats" they can be very misleading..eyes on bots is way to go. Believe me I scout and it seems to work (started scouting heavily last year..and our scouting department). I know bots better than even their drive team does...what it can do and cant do and what it had for dinner. I have a scout staff that always finds the right bots for us. After all scouting has three main jobs.

1. Help win quals with detailed intel on bots upcoming (partners and competitors) to hopefully rank top 8 or higher.
2. Look for alliance partners that fit your style and can maximize the score of your elimination alliance with bots left.
3. Find weaknesses/tendencies of all other alliances you will face in eliminations.

Then you can relax and enjoy the eliminations. Scouting as confirmed by drive team and results makes a huge difference. I find it equal to engineering and driving. All three are very important.

I simply use stats to confirm what my eyes saw and to add any I might have "missed'. I have an awesome scout staff that does the same. Teams love the detailed notes we take. Makes for customized alliance selection too.

For instance stats said we had goal points when we did not fire in a single goal yesterday. Go figure.