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Originally Posted by lukasberger
So it shouldn't be possible to draft well just based on stats in OOTP. There needs to be plenty of exceptions to the general 'great prospect, great stats' rule of thumb, enough to get you in real trouble if all you're looking at is stats. And I do think the game does ok with this now.
That's all I'm saying.
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I'm gonna repeat myself here and just say: this is why there needs to be a third way of playing other than "scouting" and "stats only." My sense is that these guys are all committed "stats only" guys who nonetheless want to be able to draft intelligently. They don't want to switch over to see ratings before the draft, because that would feel like cheating. On the other hand, drafting without them is an exercise in dart-throwing. If there was a "ratings only for amateurs" mode, problem solved.
Or maybe a better thing to do would be to just eliminate all HS stats -- since we all seem to agree they're not worth much -- and only have (generated) college stats. Do you take the 21 year old who has 3 years of established track record at a D1 school, or do you take the 18 year old based on the say-so of your scouts and the fact that he is regarded as a "likely first-round talent"? Or maybe more intriguingly, it says "likely fifth-round pick," but
your scout is swearing the kid has superstar potential. Hmmm .... how much do you trust that scout? Roll the dice or take the safe, polished college kid that hit .356 in the SEC?
That seems to me like a real simulation of what draft decisions are like.