I hope I am wrong, but I just don’t see Geno making any significant changes, particularly with Amari or Ines. His coaching DNA is hard-coded. He will play 6 maybe 7 person rotation and ride that as far as it takes them.
Agree, right now he pretty much has to use 8 of the 10 players available and has little reason to even consider Ines or Amari. If we have another injury who knows.
But Ines and Amari will have time to try to show they warrant more playing time. That will not come in an important game, however, it will be in conference blow outs during garbage time. If they can string several consecutive good outings, not one good 5 minute stretch, their role could be reconsidered.
Personally I don't expect either to show they deserve more time than a player currently used. They haven't received much playing time obviously, but the results in the minutes they did get were not good, and that track record means something. You add that to what Geno sees on a much more frequent basis in practice, and the burden of proof is clearly on the players to disprove what they have shown in games and in practice.
We were looking at 14 players before injuries hit. At that time on paper I thought Ines was clearly number 14 of that group and I probably would have considered Amari number 13 but possibly ahead of Q. Do I think a #41 recruit freshmen would probably be more relevant to the team that a Junior #15 recruit even though if anything there was far greater competition on the wing than at C? Yes, because Amari's ranking means nothing now, she has to produce.
