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 • Nov. 1, 2022
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 • Feb. 11, 2022
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 • Oct. 20, 2021
It’s a good scout; I’m fond of it now.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 11, 2014
"Don't you get sore at nothing anybody says to you—she is a good scout, Pearl, and when you know her better you will like her, I'm sure."
From Hookers by Bourbon, Rae
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