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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5063957, member: 12088"] I agree with everything in your well-reasoned post except for this one point. [B]On Day 1[/B] (and maybe Day 2), Kaitlyn Sarah and Jana are not optimal defensive choices. I hope they will be before we get to the really challenging opponents, like ND or USC. But to be optimal in a complex defensive scheme requires at least a little bit of game experience. Kaitlyn has a lot of analogous game experience and generally a lot of D1 experience. But none directly with these teammates and Geno's version of the schemes she's seen under Carla. Sarah and Jana have no game experience of either D1 play or of Geno's defensive schemes. I think there's a case to be made for your reading of the situation, [B]if[/B] we take into account the fact that the early games aren't going to be as hard as Geno's OOC often is. Not until the end of November will we see anyone tougher than UNC, though December looks to be very tough. This might mean a non-optimal starting lineup may be useful just to get ready for December. By the way, I don't mean to dismiss UNC, but they don't really compare to the teams we'll see in December. They look to me like an excellent early game to measure the youngsters against. Of course, I thought that about NC St. last season and look where that got us. But even taking the ease of the first few games into account, I suspect Geno may prefer to have the most experienced players to start just to set an example for the rest of the roster of what the defense is supposed to look like. [/QUOTE]

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