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Message: [QUOTE="YKCornelius, post: 4741757, member: 9864"] Your last three sentences [I][U]MIGHT[/U][/I] be true for younger players at a non-Top 25 program, but is certainly NOT true for elite programs such as UConn. May I ask what criteria are you using to assess player development, much less to assess impacts on leadership and recruiting? Certainly not how many players reach AA, or how many play professionally, or how many go on to successful careers on or off the court after leaving UConn, are you? Your position sounds like baseless conjecture that one hears from disgruntled family and friends to rationalize why some recruits do not choose UConn, or why some players might choose to transfer after a year or two. This is not to suggest playing time didn't factored heavily into their decisions (as has been documented over the last four decades), but I do not recall any player even hinting at the idea that her "development" was being curtailed, or that her leadership opportunities would be impacted. If there is a young guard on this team who thinks (or worse, is listen to someone who thinks) that her development or leadership skills/opportunities might be curtailed by having Nika (or anybody for that matter) on the team for an additional year, then that player needs to acquire a new inner circle of advisors. Sooner than later. [/QUOTE]