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[Josh Greene]

I can attest to good scouting. At CIR this year, my team ranked 34th our of 40 was selected by the #1 alliance. There were many good teams remaining that 525 passed on to select us due to our defense and assisting.

Synergy is extremely important. Also, having the #1 and #3 seeded teams on our alliance did not hurt.

[Dave Scheck]

All this talk of picking based on performance rather than actual rank reminds me of 2009 in Galileo when we picked up 971 as the last pick in the draft as an absolute steal. They were seeded 66 out of 86, but their record definitely didn't reflect their capabilities. Good scouting should never be taken for granted.