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Message: [QUOTE="BlueSkyGLW, post: 3953489, member: 11281"] Good thoughts. But cautionary points are these: 1) Young team, individual capabilities changing rapidly and will change through this Summer 2) Lots of experimentation to see who best works with each other; clearly Paige and Nika are good together 3) It goes without saying that Paige and Azzi will work well together 4) As impressive as Aaliyah had been, it is not a given she will be a starter this coming season, except for match ups with the opponent 5) Geno rarely sits his seniors who have been core starters. He stayed with Kia and Gabby even through the latter was slowed by little injuries during her senior year; Azura came off the bench up to the FF when Gabby was healthy enough. 6) Geno has been eager to change the team's playing style if deep enough. He will have his chance with this group. If he wants full court pressure from the opening tap, that would mean a starting five of the quickest players who can handle the ball and shoot well. That could also mean Nika playing the head of the "snake" or being the "gnat" 7) Clearly, with more options, more variations depending on the situation and depending on how quickly the new players can work well together in a switching defense with the returnees. That could mean initially, this year's starter's start and as the newcomers learn and work in synchronicity, he will be able to interchange players......inserting more shooters as the season progresses with his best defensive players. We will see what comes out of the Summer camp......but against the best opponents, he will try to work playing Paige and Azzi together with Christyn as much as he can while making sure the rest of the team on the floor makes it a good defensive team on balance. Why? Because those are going to be his most reliable offensive players and he wants them ready and working well together come tournament time. And, he will be hoping Nika improves her 3pt shooting as well as Caroline catching on quickly on defense. The fun part is he can choose whoever he wants in the post - he will have at least three who will do. This will likely be a year when he won't shorten the rotation until the players are well conditioned but he won't need to.....he can substitute in waves, even against good teams. [/QUOTE]

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