Scouting is a lot like trying to find your car keys. In recent weeks, I had found myself feeling stuck. I watched the same prospects over and over again. Burnout crept in, and I would find myself finishing games with only a single new observation about a player, or no new observations at all. The idea of watching another Duke, Kentucky, or LSU game felt nauseating. Last week, I focused almost entirely on my Expanding Big Board, as those were, for the most part, the only players I had watched. I didn’t feel like my heart was in it. Sure, the piece did great numbers. Substack tells you to shoot for a 40% “open rate” on e-mails to your subscribers. Last week’s column did a preposterous 64%, one of the highest figures I’ve seen here. But still, I felt the love of the game slipping through my fingers.
Glad to see you’re coming around on Kamagate:)