[Brian C]

For a rookie team they should never underestimate the power of scouting. From what I have seen the majority of rookie and some 2nd year teams neglect this. Good scouting information and an average robot will beat an outstanding robot with no scouting data 95% of the time.

Doubling up on jobs is a great idea. What you do during the actual build phase does not have to be what you do at the competitions. It helps to round out the team members experiences.