Scouting and scouts ?

[packmanuk]

I'm about to start a franchise and have a couple of questions.

I'm in the off-season and wondered if your scouts make any difference and if they do is it worth changing them. I don't see an option to change them though.

What do you actually do in scouting as the only option I see is liking a player.

[fireballer55]

Your main scout does scout 3 more focus players in the offseason, I think it's after week 3 of free agency.

You'll get an alert during week 1 of the regular season to hire your scouts for the new season, make sure to make your changes then.

[adembroski]

Scouts can be hired/fired/reassigned during Week 1 of the regular season.

[Mattanite]

Quote: Originally Posted by adembroski

Scouts can be hired/fired/reassigned during Week 1 of the regular season.

They can also be hired/fired during the preseason but you don't know the draft class strength by region or position. But it's a good idea to check the pool of scouts (especially in online leagues) if you know you're going to need a specific position in the draft (such as hunting down your future franchise QB... QB scouts can get sucked up fast if there's high demand).

[sabres32]

Scouting needs to be more in depth. All season long I don’t feel the need to check in on the prospects. When it comes time to draft I hardly know any of the guys I’m drafting. What I mean is there is no connection to a player. I don’t find myself loving a certain player because the scouting is so bland.


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[Mattanite]

Quote: Originally Posted by sabres32

Scouting needs to be more in depth. All season long I don’t feel the need to check in on the prospects. When it comes time to draft I hardly know any of the guys I’m drafting. What I mean is there is no connection to a player. I don’t find myself loving a certain player because the scouting is so bland. Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

Use the scouting tools, I found they improved how you connected to generic players and helps build hype. Eg.

Early spot of gems, hoping they'll be there or do you draft early?

Falling in love with physical freaks but later seeing poor technicals.

Seeing amazing prospects you haven't scouted and planning a risky pick.

Really compare the difference between prospects using the scouting card function.

Seeing players drop and getting a great feeling by drafting good value later on.

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[JoshC1977]

Quote: Originally Posted by sabres32

Scouting needs to be more in depth. All season long I don’t feel the need to check in on the prospects. When it comes time to draft I hardly know any of the guys I’m drafting. What I mean is there is no connection to a player. I don’t find myself loving a certain player because the scouting is so bland.

I don't think that it is bland as much as that the menus are so poorly designed (and ridiculously slow) that it discourages people from digging into individual players - which is the core of the scouting design - to really look at the individual players throughout the process and follow along.

[Mattanite]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshC1977

I don't think that it is bland as much as that the menus are so poorly designed (and ridiculously slow) that it discourages people from digging into individual players - which is the core of the scouting design - to really look at the individual players throughout the process and follow along.

This^^^^^

EA really opened up the draft class generator for m23 like never before. A parting gift from a great dev. But the menus/interface hinder the whole process.

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