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[QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 2787393, member: 7894"]
There's a great big Catch 22 going on here.  Some posters want international experience for the National Team, but at some point you have to make the team in order to get that experience.  If it's the same players every go around, no new players are ever going to get any experience.  At some point soon a bunch of the old stalwarts are going to be done playing.  Would it be better to bring in 2 or 3 or 4 new players for the next Olympic cycle, or a whole bunch more new players in '24?  Somehow, some way, somebody else is going to be playing for the National Team at some point.  You can either phase in a few now or a whole bunch later.

And I don't understand this philosophy of "so and so has earned the right to go out on her own terms."  Couldn't disagree more.  It's an honor, not a right to be on the National Team.  If a player can't contribute much anymore, get out of the way and let someone else have the roster slot.  Especially if the player has already been on 3 or 4 Olympic teams.  She's had her turn.
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