How important is scouting in 05

[Bill Moore]

Scouting will be as important as ever, no more, no less. It is always important to select complementary alliance partners for playoffs. The surprising fact is that many teams only scout and rank the top tier of competitors. How many times have alliance captains been left hanging because their team only supplied them with a list of 10 or 15 teams? By their third pick, every team on the list has already been selected. Teams with good scouting crews will have a list at least as long as the total number of teams in the playoffs (24).