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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 5350838, member: 9844"] This is a pretty good breakdown. Geno obviously believes a great deal in developing chemistry between a relatively small group of players. I could see a scenario where the rotation in most games until the game was put away might be 10, but where in a true test he would shrink it to 8. In that expanded version maybe Allie becomes a designated backup to Azzi. With 10 everyone can get used to their role as the backup to a certain starter, and chemistry can more easily be achieved with well defined roles. Having said that I think the odds are against that being the norm at least in contested games, because Geno will want to get more minutes from the best of the second unit than just backing up one position, and will want to move people around and tweak lineups depending on specific game needs and opponents. Of the four mentioned Ice is the most vulnerable in my opinion, if Geno reduced it to 8. She faces competition from Ayanna which she could certainly win, but perhaps a more serious threat from Jana or Blanca. If either of those emerges as a significantly better player overall than Ice, it would be easy to phase her out. Jana could play more that just backup 5 minutes with Serah sometimes sliding to the 4, and Blanca in addition to significant minutes at the 3, could play the 4 as well. With the possible exception of Kayleigh as the backup 1, and Jana as the backup 5, the backups for the other 3 positions face competition not just from players at that natural position, but also from players that are smaller or bigger. [/QUOTE]

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