Strahm on picks

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Originally Posted by Mike

I disagree with that. They need to be on the road, hitting all the schools talking to coaches and finding out about these players. They need more than film to evaluate. Sometimes the best info comes from the Strength coach and other coaches who interact with the players on a regular basis. (who works hard in the offseason, why practices banged up, who is a turd). The scouts need to get to know the coaches at these programs, develop friendships with them so they don't just feed the NFL team a line of BS about the players.

As a former basketball scout I can tell you that the research and time-in gathering that research is half the battle. The call on scale and fitting into the chemistry and playbook are about 40% of it, and lastly trusting your gut to put your badge on the table for a guy that you have researched.

Sleeping in a hotel room for 192 days, in my professional opinion, is a guy that is extremely inefficient and is working harder not smarter.

Thanks for sharing.

posted by kaiser toro

Here is the link to the thread at TT on the same subject just for the purpose of letting you see another perspective.

http://www.texanstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71547