good scout
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Is it a good scout, that has watched the player play and really knows that person, or is it somebody just writing something that they have read?’
From Los Angeles Times
Walden says he told Devaney “I know where you can find a good scout team quarterback who can run the Wishbone,” and got the Cornhuskers to give Burrow a scholarship to come to Nebraska.
From Seattle Times
“We had a good scout. We were dialed in on the defensive end, and we knew if we played well on the defensive end, it would get our offense going.”
From Washington Post
As a Wizards assistant when Unseld was just starting out, Brown initially thought the youngster’s keen mind would make him a good scout.
From Washington Post
“The thing about Andrew which he isn’t given enough credit for, which I always thought from the beginning, I thought he was a very good scout,” said Maddon, who won 754 games and the 2008 American League pennant during nine seasons with Friedman in Tampa Bay.
From Los Angeles Times
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