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Old 02-20-2010, 06:09 PM   #36
lynchjm24
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Hartford
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Originally Posted by Axxon View Post
I'm not arguing for the system but it appears you're not ignoring anything; you're using it to triangulate with other information you're given instead of just using it as gospel. You've even said it's more correct than OSA by itself It seems you want the scout to be perfect else the system is busted. I find that amusing.

Not even close to my point. The system doesn't work because I shouldn't have my scout telling me there are 4 5* prospects and be able to know which one is the real deal by using a system that is supposed to be much worse then mine.

From the standpoint of a game how does that design make any sense. I was under the impression that OOTP was trying to simulate what running a baseball team would be like. In real baseball you don't KNOW that your scouting department is wrong because either A: Baseball America tells you so or B: When you see that other teams aren't interested in a player you know your scout's rating is wrong

If you hire the best scout and spend the most money on scouting and follow your scout's advice, you will never draft any prospects until you are picking in the top 5 and get lucky, because any lower in the draft and you are plucking the players your scout is most wrong about. What about that system works?

If hiring the best scout and spending more money then the other teams in scouting amateurs doesn't lead you to drafting better prospects then how is the system anything other then 'broken'? Obviously you aren't going to hit on every pick, there needs to be some sort of scouting fog, but there should be a long term advantage if you align your resources towards scouting the draft with the best scout.
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