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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4661162, member: 12088"] I was watching some games from the Kia-Gabby-Crystal era and was reminded of the "Swiss Army knife" type of player we've often had. Gabby and Kelly were the prototype for the ~6 foot highly athletic wing/sf, and Lou kind of fit into that role last season. Kia was another one, and Evina, and of course Aubrey. The common thread they all have is defensive intensity, a willingness to do whatever is needed at any given moment, and they are usually sprinters. Who do we have in this mold for the fall? [B]Aubrey[/B] of course. She has the athleticism of this type of player -- not quite as quick as Gabby, but every bit as relentless and maybe even a little stronger. [B]Caroline[/B] is perhaps an outlier -- maybe too tall to fill this role completely, and not quite the sprinter the others have been. But she makes up for it in court savvy. [B]Ashlynn[/B] has the personality for it, even if she's not perhaps as tall as one would expect for this role. But she's a relentless ball-hawk. When faster players get to the ball, they tend to find she is already there. Will [B]Qadence[/B] grow into this role? She's more like Caroline in terms of foot speed and size. But if she learns positioning wisdom from Caroline, she will likely find herself in the middle of the action often enough. [/QUOTE]