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Originally Posted by gblake
If you add one word I agree 110%. Because when you add that one word, the statement becomes a tautology.
Try this and see where it leads you: "I think it would be much better if we just did away with useless scouting." Toss out what isn't helping. Redirect the freed resources (people, time, whatever) into what does have an effect. Continuously improve. Replace the illusion of scouting with actual scouting.
Actual scouting gives the drivers, designers, pit crew, programmers, everyone the information they need. One way to determine what they need is to pay attention to what they use and what they don't use. If information isn't being used because it is irrelevant, then stop producing it.
It's just common sense, but common sense often gets lost in habits. Also, common sense sometimes becomes misdirected when producers and consumers aren't "on the same page".
So, "Yes" replace any and everything that is truly ineffective with something (either on the consumption or production side) with something that is more useful. Who can argue with that?
Blake |
He is 100% correct. Look at the information you gathered this year and see what you actually used.
I can't tell you how many times in my years in FIRST teams have come up to me and asked me questions that are mostly useless. My favorite must be "how many wheels do you have?". Once you do this, you may find your pit scouting reduced to only a handful of questions.
The best thing you can do is look at a team as they actually play and either objectively or subjectively determine how good they are. Objectively you can find this by some sort of formula, or just something as simple as how many points does a team score (this is very dependent on the game). Subjectively you can watch a whole bunch of matches and determine how good a team is and where their weaknesses/strengths are.
I find the best overall method includes a combination of both.