The last time I ran a one day shift the quals got cut short by 3 hours! (To be fair, we finished packing up at 8, i cant imagine how late it wouldve run with the original plan)
Instead of making a picklist over lunch and doing the watchlist thing. I had to be on the field for selections before lunch. We just kinda winged it,(superscouted as you called it) used the same anaylsis techniques as the build season and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. We forced a rubber match in the finals before Sir Bart broke and got its shooter jammed. I'm pretty happy with that!
I'm a big fan of the watchlist idea. Make your picklist before that last day of competition. The numbers give you an idea of who is who, but if you have to choose between .1 more shots per match, and a team with clean, fast, and confident driving, you pick the latter. We picked at both our regionals. We were confident in the driving of all our partners, and we had observed their abilities time and time again during quals.
Data doesn't show you how well a team drives, and THAT is the most important thing in playoffs. Can your partners handle defense? Can your d-bot deliver pressure and avoid penalties?
Put down your clipboard and watch a match every once in awhile
