[ngreen]

In your case with lack of experienced scouters I would make sure the limited number of scouters watched for a limited number of aspects to each team's robot. Keep track of the 2 or 3 stats you think are most important.

The drive team is very important in the scouting too. I would recommend a scouting meeting on Friday night to gather the scouters data for the day. Here both the scouters, drive team, and experienced members can get together to make a short list. Things that make a difference usually are the stats, how their robot compliments your alliance, and how well the team works with your team.

If all else is the same I would pick a team that can work well with your team. If you wish to be really in charge of the alliance they should take instructions well and be able to work with the strategy you lay out. In some cases you could instead look for a team that has good strategic planning and let their ideas lead your alliance. By this time you should know if your robot is better at leading an alliance or if your robot is really good at executing strategy. So you have to make your choices here.

As a note, pictures of each team's robot are nice too. We've used the sticker polaroid film in the past and they've worked well.

Anyways, congrats on your #1 seed. I've heard my team was excited with their win over your alliance, but I wasn't able to see it. Good luck on your future scouting and without a massive scouting team I still think you chose 2 very good partners.