Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
I don't know if I'd go as far as to say 50% of my eval would be based on those things, but yeah absolutely there's value and important stuff that can be gained from things like interviews, background checks, team medicals, etc, that as a fan-scout-thing I will simply never see. So I don't factor that kind of stuff into my evaluation but obviously it's something I would factor in if I could; I just can't. I'd be making stuff up, or having to trust the smallest of unsourced rumours as fact.
Would I bat 98% if I had that stuff? Probably not, I think that's hyperbole, but I do think that if I had access to those things I'd be a little more accurate sure.