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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5087186, member: 12088"] Okay, but a few caveats. [LIST=1] [*]Anna only came out of the starting lineup because of injury, while Aubrey came out because of something Geno saw in gameplay he didn't like. It was conceivable that Anna could have kept the starting spot but for the injury, but I don't think Geno had any notion of returning Aubrey to the starting lineup. [*]and neither Anna or Aubrey was playing PG. It wasn't until Nika came in that the PG duties were shifted partially away from Paige and Evina. I think this changes the meaning of your proposed decider. It's a simple replacement if the role is the same. [*]Also, don't forget, Aaliyah also started against Providence on 1/9. [*]Finally, the Arkansas and Tennessee games were perhaps what decided Geno because, though Aubrey played well enough in them, Paige did not. Of the Arkansas game, Paige said she started looking for her shot too late, despite Geno's urging, and in the Tennessee game Paige shot quite poorly until the very end, even before she turned her ankle. What I mean is, he saw how thin the team was if Paige had an off night. Neither Aubrey nor Anna was enough to take up the slack, even when they played relatively well. This called for a shakeup. [/LIST] Maybe the upshot of this is that you're right. But I still think it doesn't quite feel right to say simply that Nika replaced Aubrey. Something more complicated was going on there. [/QUOTE]