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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2404006, member: 26"] I agree with everyone on the core 7 - I think people are more hopeful than confident that the 8th player will be Batouly. Not only did she have improvements needed, but being out for 3 weeks has really set her back. IF she comes back 100%, it might not be till January that we see her get serious minutes in a big game. I still have high hopes for Coombs. She has all the tools, but needs to put it all together. I believe in blowouts, everyone will get some decent PT, but as the season wears on, and Geno narrows his focus, I need to remind myself that it's not T-league where everyone plays. Even in blowouts, Geno will want to work on developing the players who will be needed in the conference and NCAA tourneys. And it won't be about scoring on fast breaks or whatever. It will be working on other things - some of which Geno alluded to as being worked on, but not rolled out yet. Once we get into February and Geno's looking ahead to March/April, IF Mikayla is able to work he way into the "core group", or get close to it (or any of the other players for that matter), I could see Geno going with Crystal, Kia, Lou, Gabby, Napheesa, Azura, Megan, and then hopefully Batouly and Mikalya. Whoever's not in that core could be looking at 4-6 minutes even in blowouts. Maybe I'm wrong and the team will be so in synch that this years' "reserve" players will be able to get greater PT than I'm thinking. [/QUOTE]