On the second point regarding poorly scouted drafts, are you familiar with this screen? This is the 'Priorities' tab and it's where you can organise your scouting priorities.
For players in the draft I am fairly certain they are scouted under the category of 'Prospects', at least I'd hope they are. So you can see I have that second in my priority list, which I think is the default order anyway. I like to add key guys from each draft to my watch list to make sure they are scouted. Also, if there are a ton of prospects from a certain nationality you want to scout you can re arrange the order of the countries you want to priorities too using the menu in the middle.
If there's anything I've missed, take a look at the scouting page of the online manual found here -
https://manuals.ootpdevelopments.com...&page=scouting