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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5300029, member: 12088"] Now that we’ve achieved consensus that PrimeField is a terrible source, all clickbait-y and AI, etc, we can turn our collective attention to the question at issue: is Blanca a another unicorn, to borrow Shea’s term? Personally, I’m of the same mind as [USER=26]@EricLA[/USER] and [USER=366]@MilfordHusky[/USER], namely that Blanca will turn out to be too good to ignore and will [B]eventually[/B] force her way into the starting lineup. What we all saw in those videos from her years in Italy is 1) a very talented player who held her own against pro-level competition but was essentially a role player, and 2) in the final amateur tournament a player who totally dominated her peers. As EricLA said, the late start this summer is likely to delay her emergence, but it will probably not derail it. In my admittedly quite unreliable opinion, I see Blanca precisely as a unicorn, one of those kids who stands head and shoulders above the rest of her freshman class. We’ve seen a few of these in recent years: Sarah, and Juju before her, Paige and Caitlin in their class. I have a feeling we will all be surprised and amazed by Blanca once she’s had a chance to establish herself. It’s not just that she seems to be a tremendous talent in her own right. It’s also that she’ll have the inestimable advantage of joining a team with another unicorn on it… just like Sarah had in joining a team with Paige. [/QUOTE]