I know there's some gamesmanship when assigning positions and that the assigned position isn't very meaningful but is it common for a recruit to be mis-labeled? I'm not talking SF/SG/PG or C/PF but one of those groups moving to another. Like a C with great PER but no LP or a PG with LP/REB but can't pass.

The less attention you pay to a recruits listed position, the better. You may find a good PG mislabeled as a SF that will cause teams to overlook him.

Posted by clouseb on 5/10/2017 4:09:00 PM (view original):
The less attention you pay to a recruits listed position, the better. You may find a good PG mislabeled as a SF that will cause teams to overlook him.

This.

I'll assume I lacked clarity. I'm not talking about the PG to SF move. I have one on my team. I'm talking about the non-groupings. As in you go to your recruit pool and ask for PF/C only group and find a SG. Or the PG/SG group and find a PF.

Is this common?

I can't/won't list the player now because we're in the 2nd phase of recruiting but I stumbled across one. I just found it odd that someone was so far out of his "comfort zone".

I would not say common, but happens often enough to be worth looking for

I guess this is what I'm asking(and you answered):

If I'm not looking for a big man, I'll use the sort of PG/SG and SG/SF. But, by doing that, it seems there might be a player I'm looking for hiding down there in the PF/C grouping that I've been ignoring.

worth at least a bit of a look just in case - now and then a big whose best spot is the 3, for example. I cant recall the last time I saw a big whose best spot was the 1 or the 2

Think about the recruits listed position being what he played for his High School team. Sometimes the position equates differently when he moves up to college level ball.

In the case you mentioned think of it this way for example. Player X was one of the tallest kids his senior year on his high school team at 6'2" he had to play center for the that high school team. So on the scouting report it lists his High School Position = Center. If he is recruited by a college he is probably being recruited with the idea of switching him to PG, SG,or SF.

It's the 4th guy. Listed as a C but, if he develops his green PER, I think he could end up at SG. Definitely a SF. LP is red and BLK is green.

Pos	ST	DU	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	FT	OVR	Miles	State	Considering
	PF	69	38	68	35	52	49	48	26	36	12	36	53	C	522	299	NY	signed by W. Connecticut St.
	SF	75	51	57	37	40	54	35	36	29	19	18	55	C	506	152	PA	signed by W. Connecticut St.
	SF	61	74	61	40	35	43	12	29	62	32	28	36	D+	513	26	CT	signed by W. Connecticut St.
	C	53	78	74	40	42	62	16	7	18	49	45	32	C	516	1907	NM	signed by W. Connecticut St.

Well crap. ATH-74, SPD-40, REB-42, DE-62, LP-16, PER-18

He was also my first battle win. That's gonna **** off lakevin/mully.

Team	Coach	Division	Prestige	Int Level	Scholarship Offer?	Odds
Texas, San Antonio	twencoach	DI	B-	Very High	Yes	66%
W. Connecticut St.	MikeT23	DIII	B	High	Yes	34%
CSU, Dominguez Hills	phalla	DII	A+	Very Low	No	0%
Oklahoma State	awhoosier	DI	A-	Very Low	No	0%

FWIW, at 11 PM, OSU was the only other school listed as "Considering". So I cut a guy while hoping he didn't offer a scholarship before the 5 AM cycle. Texas,AS came out of nowhere as did CSU. They were late to the party so, no, I don't think the system is flawed.

No one thinks that dude being listed as a C is a flaw? I know a lot of the disingenuous suggestions are under the guise of "protecting n00bs" and, to me, this is an obvious "n00b-killer". n00bs looking for SF aren't going to look at the C designation. Or, worse, the n00b might think this dude with 42-REB, 16-BLK and 7 LP is a center because it says so. Happens all the time in HBD. System says "He's a SS" so the n00b plays the LF-rating guy there and ignores the results.

Posted by MikeT23 on 5/11/2017 12:34:00 PM (view original):
No one thinks that dude being listed as a C is a flaw? I know a lot of the disingenuous suggestions are under the guise of "protecting n00bs" and, to me, this is an obvious "n00b-killer". n00bs looking for SF aren't going to look at the C designation. Or, worse, the n00b might think this dude with 42-REB, 16-BLK and 7 LP is a center because it says so. Happens all the time in HBD. System says "He's a SS" so the n00b plays the LF-rating guy there and ignores the results.

Yup that's a killer for me. Honestly though isn't that just a pain in the butt for everyone? If I'm looking for a SF, I'm not going to waste precious scouting money scouting players marked as Center. I try to restrict my search to maybe SG or SF so I can stay focused on finding players that most likely fit that position.

Well, I think vets know better. I do now. As do you. But someone who's been playing for 30+ seasons has probably known it a long time. And has found diamonds that n00bs didn't bother to scout.