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Originally Posted by GullFoss
I actually unsubscribed from the athletic in part because the idea of a Corey Wrongman is a joke.
We're expected to believe that we should value one pseudo-scouts opinion because why? I mean it's one guy - how closely do you think one guy can follow hundreds of prospects and accurately rank them? And how much skill does he have in this area?
I'd be willing to bet that I could do 10 randomizations of Bob McKenzie's rankings subject subject to a few statistical constraints and more than five of those rankings would have a better track record than Corey.
As someone who has a deep background in probabilities and statistics, I can tell you that I'm fairly confident that Corey's work represents noise. He'll hit a few gems, like someone playing roulette at the table. He'll also hit a few stinkers. But all in all the value of his work is objectively close to zero (and it's possibly negative).
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Boy it seems like your disdain for Pronman is personal. I just don't get these kinds of takes. It's not like he's doing hot take articles like Francis or Simmons. It's just his opinion on prospects. Mike Mayock was basically a guy like Pronman on TV and he's actually done a very good job as NFL GM so you don't necessarily have to be a scout to have a well informed opinion about prospects.