Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:26 pm
I think it would better that there's "relatives" and "favourite staff". It's full mess if there's "son of...", "father of...", "brother of..." etc.
empach wrote:Scouting wise, maybe not. But media and in general it does. And we're talking about raising their reputation which is essentially how well known they are, not raising their attributes or potential.batdad wrote: And to be honest...the names make no difference, the scouts just look to see who can play. From what I have heard scouts often do not even look at rosters until after a game to see who is who. They track based on the # only.
Think about this: there's two prospects slated to go in the late first round and one is the son of let's say Mario Lemieux. This son of Lemieux is more likely to be known by people in the hockey world because of his family connection.
This is exactly the point I was trying to make. Thanks!