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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 658090"><p>First, it's a question of how immersed one gets on one side or another. I'm sure there is crossover between Pro and College scouting teams to one degree or another, even if it's just a second opinion on some tape. It's the FA period, so you'd expect the Pro side to be focusing on that at the moment, even if it's just gathering intel on who might be available in the post-draft cuts.</p><p></p><p>Helping out is one thing; putting your name on the line as the responsible party is something very different.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, managing the scouting process is quite a bit different from beating the bushes, poring over tape and writing reports. Wolf has only been involved on the college scouting management side for a year, maybe a little in 2011 or maybe not. That would suggest he's still in the grooming process.</p><p></p><p>Wolf's bio (linked to in the earlier post) presents him as some kind of precocious scouting prodigy, writing scouting reports as early as the age of 10 and 14. I want to say "c'mon, man". Unless somebody can tell me he uncovered some value, I'd just as soon think of it as an early interest with the result being finger painting. It's not clear he's ever got in a car, drove some hundreds of miles to some backwater like Colorado State-Pueblo or Mississippi Valley State, watched some prospects play in person, chatted with coaches, compared notes with fellow area scouts, and came back with a player. Those are the guys he's managing.</p><p></p><p>Look, if Wolf was responsible for last year's draft selections in a significant way, I'm on board. Absent proof of that, I'll remain reserved in my enthusiasm. The resume isn't there. Any enthusiasm would have to be based on simple trust that Packer management has an accurate picture of where Wolf projects.</p><p></p><p>As you may have figured by now, I don't go in for blind trust. Call me a "verify, then trust" guy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 658090"] First, it's a question of how immersed one gets on one side or another. I'm sure there is crossover between Pro and College scouting teams to one degree or another, even if it's just a second opinion on some tape. It's the FA period, so you'd expect the Pro side to be focusing on that at the moment, even if it's just gathering intel on who might be available in the post-draft cuts. Helping out is one thing; putting your name on the line as the responsible party is something very different. Secondly, managing the scouting process is quite a bit different from beating the bushes, poring over tape and writing reports. Wolf has only been involved on the college scouting management side for a year, maybe a little in 2011 or maybe not. That would suggest he's still in the grooming process. Wolf's bio (linked to in the earlier post) presents him as some kind of precocious scouting prodigy, writing scouting reports as early as the age of 10 and 14. I want to say "c'mon, man". Unless somebody can tell me he uncovered some value, I'd just as soon think of it as an early interest with the result being finger painting. It's not clear he's ever got in a car, drove some hundreds of miles to some backwater like Colorado State-Pueblo or Mississippi Valley State, watched some prospects play in person, chatted with coaches, compared notes with fellow area scouts, and came back with a player. Those are the guys he's managing. Look, if Wolf was responsible for last year's draft selections in a significant way, I'm on board. Absent proof of that, I'll remain reserved in my enthusiasm. The resume isn't there. Any enthusiasm would have to be based on simple trust that Packer management has an accurate picture of where Wolf projects. As you may have figured by now, I don't go in for blind trust. Call me a "verify, then trust" guy. [/QUOTE]
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