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Originally Posted by Marcellus
Here is the trouble with that argument.
I could have been a surgeon but instead took another career path. Because of that choice I didn't spend my last 24 years working in the field, so I can read medical journals and watch surgery after surgery but I am not a surgeon and do not have that applicable ability in the real world. Even if I know what I think the surgeon should or could do.
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That's stretching the analogy a bit. However, there IMO is no replacement for years spent evaluating players on the field, from stands/elevated views, and then comparing it with film to a point where you get a true feel for game speed and several other factors.
As an extremely base example, John Harbaugh's reaction to Te'o's 40. That's his reaction without looking at the time and just watching the player run. That's years of experience and trained skills coming into play.
I do think that there are several people here that could have been talented scouts and could have moved upwards (I don't know anybody here outside of CP so I can't personally attest to their personalities/demeanor). I don't know if any could have been coaches but there are starting to be more coaches that weren't exceptional players/didn't play past HS or at all in the NFL (exceptionally rare though). I do know that there is at least one former scout here.