[New Lightning]

Well whether or not you are going to be an alliance captain really won't be known until you get to Friday night. Even for some powerhouse teams you just don't know because anything could happen, your drive train could break, you could have horrible alliance pairings you just don't know.

So what all teams should do is Scout as if you are going to be on the field during alliance selections that way your are never caught unprepared. That way even if you are not a captain and you are picked you have good information in order to help your new captain make a good second pick.

Have at least good qualitative and quantitative data about the individual methods of the game.