It's because as EricLA said, you know what you are getting with Ash and it is very good (not too much mystery). At each of the 5 positions next year there likely could be a two player share plus a back up development player, i.e. X1 / X2 + Y - e.g. PG: KK / Kayleigh Heckel, + Kelis Fisher as the development backup; Post: Serah Williams / Jana, + Gandy as the development backup; PF: SS / Ice + Ayanna (?) still as the development player..... So you'd have 10 players at 5 positions sharing most of the game time, and the 5 remaining development (or injured) players picking up any minutes they can find, here and there. It won't be too important if it is 60/40 KK/Kayleigh Heckel or the other way around, they both would be defacto rotation players, getting significant minutes. Ash will be either starting or getting very significant share minutes. Sure, the rotation may shrink to 8 or 9 come March Madness but 10 players could achieve or approach double digit minutes during most of the schedule. Boneyarders like to contemplate mysteries - will Ducharme recover enough to be a share player ? Will Blanca indeed be a share rotation player (as opposed to a first year development player) ? Can Morgan, Ali and Ayanna all find significant minutes ? Who then will be the 5 players that will be relatively starved for minutes ? With all that to ponder, no one is spending much time worrying about Ash - she'll be fine
