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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4074722, member: 9844"] I agree with much of what you say, but feel that for this group of project like players, the odds are not good of becoming like Wolters, Swanier, Thomas, or Dolson. I'm not saying they couldn't show dramatic improvement, they certainly might. The problem is they could improve a lot and still not get more minutes. Last year Mir did very well, but she was behind two other 4's. Even though she is an unusual one, she is more a 4 than anything else, and just improving isn't enough. She has to be better than Aubrey or Aaliyah who also might be improving, to get any meaningful minutes. That is just her reality, behind two very good players, and this year Dorka might even play some at the four pushing her even further down the depth chart. Amari may be a top 10 recruit, but she similarly has two very good players ahead of her in Liv and Dorka. Amari has to be better than one of those to get prime time. If she makes a major jump, but still isn't better than one of those she won't get big game minutes, at least this year. Piath faces an even more difficult path, needing to beat a much higher rated recruit in Amari, and still needing to leapfrog over Liv or Dorka, and even Aaliyah playing some at the 5. Saylor might be in the same boat, a potentially very good player, but if you think of her as a 3, she probably has Evina and based on Geno's comments, Caroline ahead of her as well. Of course Azzi is an option there too. At the four Aaliyah, Aubrey, Mir and maybe some Dorka. My main point is any player who is not in the rotation, say 11-14 can do very well, get significantly better, and be good enough to start at most programs, but until they pass a very very good player in the rotation, playing time doesn't get better, even if they are advancing at a rapid rate. It is a very high bar for our third teamers. [/QUOTE]

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