But you already admitted you didn't see any NCAA last year. How you really compare him to Chorney? Did you listen to games over the interet?
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And if Greg7 can nail a players ultimate potential based on less then 10 games, he should be a pro scout.
I didn't say anything that would indicate he could be a pro scout, that is your conclusion. But it is not difficult to pick up on a players skill set, hockey sense, competiveness, tendencies, etc. after watching a handful of games.
I suppose to be completely accurate I should have said I like Sauer better than I liked Chorney from what I've seen. I am willing to let him improve my opinion of him when I see him again in Sweden this Christmas, but it's not like I think he's terrible or anything. I just think Sauer is better. I could be wrong, and I could change my mind.
For the record, I think seeing a guy 5 to 10 times is an ideal amount to get a good grasp on what he can do. In Chorney's case in particular, having seen him only in one atmosphere in a short period of time adds a huge amount of uncertainty in my assessment of him, especially because I don't know how his development is progressing, but I'm aware of this and don't claim otherwise (unlike what you implied with your statement about nailing his ultimate potential, I never said anything about his potential or value as a prospect). In general, though, I think 5 to 10 games spread over the course of a season is a very nice amount to get a pretty strong idea of what a player is all about, and that does not make me a pro scout.
Having said that, when it comes down to it I think Big Daddy is right. You see a guy a bunch of games in a tournament like that, and most of the time you can get at least a decent idea of what he can do. Sometimes you can be fooled by a bad stretch or someone playing in an unfamiliar role or something, but the majority of the time I find that at least a broad picture can be fairly reliably formed. There is some danger - especially around here it seems - of forming hardened opinions based on only a few things, but I try to be careful to always be open to letting a guy change my mind about him. In any case, I think you missed the point of my post entirely by instead focusing on one small detail that, had I thought about it more, I would not have included specifically to avoid having to explain it like this.
, i only thought this was a preparation for the next U-20 team for USA
