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Re: Lack of passion in scouting

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Originally Posted by rc616 View Post
I think that the biggest problem with match scouting is fundamentally a problem of personality. The fact is ( at least for our ( rookie ) team ) is that the people who join the robotics team are not the sorts of people who enjoy watching tedious match after tedious match. Instead they would rather either:
-Work on the robot, which is normally exciting
-Play line rider

After thinking about this, it seem obvious to me that we either need to make scouting more interesting or get some future accountants to join our team.

I don't know if other teams are having this same problem, or if it is just us.
First of all, does your entire team scout? Or do you have designated people scouting? What is your process for scouting as of now?
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