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Unread 12-04-2005, 11:39
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Re: TOO much scouting info???

All the scouting data you could get isn't worth beans if your coach or drivers don't use it. They are your customer. Find out what they want to know and give it to them. For us, I mainly want caps per match. As the coach I try to get a look at my opponents personally - especially the high risk ones. Find out there weakness/strength. My scouts will fill me in also, but usually our communication is limited by distance and time factors. At Nationals it's going to be very difficult to get the info from them while they're in the stands. We might try a 2 fold effort. I'll watch teams off my list, they'll watch up there in the stands. Then I'll try to get the caps per match from them after each of our matches for our upcoming ones.
If we decide a defensive effort I need to know how the opponent does his thing, so I can get it stopped properly. But having tons of data on every team is overkill. Proper assessment on the specifics is all that's needed - according to your drivers and coach.
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