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Matches · 04-17-2008, 02:36 PM

Yes, yes. Hence the third paragraph of my post.

I don't find much wrong with how the game appears to scout young talent. It is a little odd to semi-frequently see 4 scouts judge a high schooler as a future all-star and then 1 of your scouts think he's chopped liver. On the whole I think ... Well, I've read that in 9 scouting got a makeover, so this may be moot. But I've always wanted a composite sketch of my scouting staff's opinion on players. If 3 of my scouts think a guy is a future all-star, but the other 3 think he' a chump, there's no way to easily know this unless I go to the scouting reports tab on the player's card.

Having 6 scouts give their opinions is great. But what's great about it (the ability to temper some scouts' exuberance with another scout's sour outlook to get a toned down sketch of the player in question) is always a couple clicks away rather than right at my fingertips. When doing an amateur draft I find myself going to the scouting reports tab and scrolling through the guys that way, looking for guys that my scouts have a better consensus on. The main draft window will show me, in order, the Potential for every player, according to ONE of my scouts. It's nice, but disastrous if you trust that one scout and draft him in the first round when 4 others think the guy stinks. A lot of clicks on that amateur draft page that could be avoided.

04-17-2008, 02:36 PM	#185
Matches Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 112	Yes, yes. Hence the third paragraph of my post. I don't find much wrong with how the game appears to scout young talent. It is a little odd to semi-frequently see 4 scouts judge a high schooler as a future all-star and then 1 of your scouts think he's chopped liver. On the whole I think ... Well, I've read that in 9 scouting got a makeover, so this may be moot. But I've always wanted a composite sketch of my scouting staff's opinion on players. If 3 of my scouts think a guy is a future all-star, but the other 3 think he' a chump, there's no way to easily know this unless I go to the scouting reports tab on the player's card. Having 6 scouts give their opinions is great. But what's great about it (the ability to temper some scouts' exuberance with another scout's sour outlook to get a toned down sketch of the player in question) is always a couple clicks away rather than right at my fingertips. When doing an amateur draft I find myself going to the scouting reports tab and scrolling through the guys that way, looking for guys that my scouts have a better consensus on. The main draft window will show me, in order, the Potential for every player, according to ONE of my scouts. It's nice, but disastrous if you trust that one scout and draft him in the first round when 4 others think the guy stinks. A lot of clicks on that amateur draft page that could be avoided. Last edited by Matches; 04-17-2008 at 02:51 PM.