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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 2697546, member: 7511"] So here's the way I would look at the potential transfer of Howard & Williams if I were Geno. I know what I'm going to get from Lou, Pheesa & Crystal, and that will be a lot. MW likely starts at the spot vacated by Gabby/Z, hopefully Touly steps up and ONO develops quickly enough to be a Z-type replacement off the bench. Kia's 2-guard spot is certainly a concern. But if I'm convinced that Mikayla should be healthy, and somewhere in the Mikayla/Molly/CW trio, I can find a solid starter as well as a capable reserve, I now have a 7-8 player rotation that will undoubtedly be better by the end of the season than the beginning. In looking at Howard and/or Williams, the first thing I ask myself is are either of them substantially better than what we will have when the Big Dance rolls around next March? I think the answer to that question may well be no. If that's so, while Howard & Williams will provide some depth and experience early on, they have to learn the system and while they are getting PT, to some degree they will delay the development of younger players who may well be better in the long run. Particularly if Geno is convinced that MW, Mikayla, CW & ONO have solid to star potential, he may well be inclined to play the hand he was dealt. It would send a very strong message to the returning bench players as well as the 2 incoming freshmen that Geno believes in them. The Huskies may take some lumps early on while they are figuring things out, but in the long run they just might have a team that is starting to peak at the right time. [/QUOTE]

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