I know, I had head coach. You had to scout them heavily, but once you did that, you knew what they're potential was. It's better if the actual ceiling of the player's ability is hidden, and the potential rating would be a projection by the coaches that could be spot on, or totally inaccurate.
How cool would it be to have you coaches/scouts tell you that a player has a potential rating of 97, when in actuality his true potential is a 63? How cool would it be to pick up a player that you just needed to fill out your roster, and have that player end up making the hall of fame ?