Scouting question?

[Riverman]

It just seems so random. My scout will speak very highly over guys that HE says have worse potential.

I like the ratings increases/drops of the old way. Was more realistic to me. It's like an unmasking, a "ooops we were real wrong about this guy". I'm not feeling that in this version.

I don't disagree that there was something to be said for the talent adjustments but there were way way too many of them and they were usually too extreme. A guy would go from a top 30 prospect to minor league filler in one sim with no injury or any reason at all for the drop. That is just silly.

[Jistic]

I don't disagree that there was something to be said for the talent adjustments but there were way way too many of them and they were usually too extreme. A guy would go from a top 30 prospect to minor league filler in one sim with no injury or any reason at all for the drop. That is just silly.

I dunno, it's a fluid situation. Other guys are getting upgraded at the same time, other guys are just simply not prospects anymore.

That prospect list has always sucked anyway IMO. It adds flavor, but that's all. To use that as a guide can be suicidal.

I don't view it as a talent drop, but more an unmasking. Like, "Dam, we weren't too sure about this guy, but it looks like me might have a steal", or vice versa.

[Ryan]

I agree. I think scouting is awful now. I'd love to have it the old way. Do they ever send emails anymore about a guy improving or declining in the minors like they used to?

Not that I like the new way either, but I read on the OOTP boards that the new system is supposed to allow the scouts the ability to see players better over time, so no more e-mails. Which sucks.

For example, if you draft a high school player that looks like a stud, he may actually be worse than you think based on the scouts likes and dislikes or tendancies.

Then, as a scout sees a player more, they see them more accuratly.

I can see that as realistic, but OOTP 9 is saying that a player is what he is. His actual ratings may never change as a prospect, which is unrealistic, IMO.

I miss the old system as well and wish they would fuse the two together. Not sure what they have in store for the future though.

Someone on here (Riverman?) said that they are now looking at stats mostly, and I kinda agree. I just dont trust having one scout to evaluate players. Makes the draft a crapshoot.

Before we could have five guys scout a player, and if three of them really liked a guy and you trusted those three scouts, you'd be OK taking the guy. Now you wonder if the guy is still available because he just really sucks and your scout has a hard on for the guy for whatever reason.