harveyoe
Senior Lives Matter.
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- Nov 21, 2017
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There has been a lot of recent talk about scouting and about beefing up our scouting network.
This has led me back to something which has bothered me on and off over the years. I have to confess to total ignorance of the scouting system and how it works.
Are scouts employees of the club?
Are they freelance, in which case how do they get paid?
Do they randomly just watch as many games as possible or are they asked/told to go and watch and report on a particular player.
As a fan I guess I have no need to know any of this, but I would be interested.
I'm hoping that there will be someone on here who knows exactly how it all works and can enlighten me.
For clarity, I'm talking about the sort of scouts who identify players rather than those who watch future opponents. I accept that some may do both.
For further clarity, I'm not talking about Boy Scouts, or these days I guess Girl Scouts. In fact I'm not even sure that girl scouts would be correct, perhaps scouts of the female persuasion. ( Scouts sans willys possibly). Anyway, I'm sure you will know what I mean.
This has led me back to something which has bothered me on and off over the years. I have to confess to total ignorance of the scouting system and how it works.
Are scouts employees of the club?
Are they freelance, in which case how do they get paid?
Do they randomly just watch as many games as possible or are they asked/told to go and watch and report on a particular player.
As a fan I guess I have no need to know any of this, but I would be interested.
I'm hoping that there will be someone on here who knows exactly how it all works and can enlighten me.
For clarity, I'm talking about the sort of scouts who identify players rather than those who watch future opponents. I accept that some may do both.
For further clarity, I'm not talking about Boy Scouts, or these days I guess Girl Scouts. In fact I'm not even sure that girl scouts would be correct, perhaps scouts of the female persuasion. ( Scouts sans willys possibly). Anyway, I'm sure you will know what I mean.