Quote PGStaff
The same thing happens in MLB Scouting Departments. If a well respected scout says something, GOOD OR BAD, the ball starts rolling. Before long everybody joins in and there you have it. Not enough individual thinking going on these days. Seems odd when predicting a baseball players mlb future is so very difficult.
Good point PG, I've been thinking this for years, seen certain kids seem to get on a scouts A list and the rest follow. A couple of years ago we had a kid in the Northwest that was highly rated, he got drafted in the lower rounds, went on to school. He struggled and hasn't been drafted again. All it takes is one or two scouts to go around and say a kids isn't good at this, or has is "uncoachable" and their dreams of the pros are dashed forever, regardless of how hard they try. A good scout will at least come watch for themselves first before writing a kid off. A good friend of mine has a talented son, he was told by a local scout his son had coaching difficulties, yet he played maximum time for his college and summer coaches, never have I seen him blow off a coach.