Assistant Coach, Chief Scout, who to believe?

[jefflackey]

My current staff has an assistant manager who has 16 Current Ability, 19 Potential Ability. My Chief Scout has 18 and 18.

It seems like every time I scout a player and then acquire him, my assistant manager's opinion of the player is always lower than the Chief Scout's opinion (I assume when scouting a player I'm getting the Chief Scout's opinion, this is FMT 18 and there's no option to assign someone specific when I hit Scout player.)

Does that make sense that the Asst. Coach always has a lower opinion of a scouted player once they're acquired?

[FrazT]

They are both pretty good, so I wouldnt worry too much.  The Scout will be assessing him before he joins and the AM after he joined and assessed over a longer period, so that may be why there is a difference.

[Snorks]

As Fraz says, both staff members are assessing and comparing with your current squad from differing viewpoints. You Chief Scout may have watched him play a few games at his former club, the AssMan is working with him day-to-day and judging his performance/ability based on training drills and exercises as well as match performances.

If both were looking from the same vantage point, ie, both watching the same game he played in, I would let the Chief Scout's assessment shade it for me - simply down to the 2 point difference but, so little in it to be honest. 

What do YOU think of the player? His attributes should lead you anyway.