Soooo just some thoughts

[EricH]

Originally Posted by CraigHickman

About the rankings: They don't mean much. If you're good, you will be chosen. The high ranked teams usually have complex scouting systems, and so if you perform, you'll get picked for elims. If not, you won't. It's that simple.

Hey, Craig, you coming to L.A.? If not, come soon. I still remember the year when one team let TWO other teams use their pick list because those teams didn't have one.

By the way, on the mentors/students debate (to stop it before it starts):
Some good discussion on an extreme case
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And finally, one of the best threads on this topic I've seen.

Originally Posted by EricH

Hey, Craig, you coming to L.A.? If not, come soon. I still remember the year when one team let TWO other teams use their pick list because those teams didn't have one.

Hm. Were those potent teams? I have yet to see that happen around me... Then again, I may have missed it.

Also, as far as the whole not seeing much scouting going on, most of the time you won't see it. For the team I used to be with, it was 6 people with clipboards up in the stands, just watching and writing. Then, that night, all the data was compiled and scored. You wouldn't see it happen, but the results would be a very smexy list with scores, ranks, and all other data about a team, with a pick list on the side.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by CraigHickman

Hm. Were those potent teams? I have yet to see that happen around me... Then again, I may have missed it.

No. Other than the one that allowed the others to use the list. (Last year, there were some obviously unprepared teams and one that prepared hastily.)

Also, as far as the whole not seeing much scouting going on, most of the time you won't see it. For the team I used to be with, it was 6 people with clipboards up in the stands, just watching and writing. Then, that night, all the data was compiled and scored. You wouldn't see it happen, but the results would be a very smexy list with scores, ranks, and all other data about a team, with a pick list on the side.

You got that right. My old team did the same thing. I'm trying to develop that for my current team.