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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 5114952, member: 9844"] I think your expected rotation could be viewed as a good baseline. It is clean with well defined roles and keeps players in their natural positions. Geno probably would need a reason to deviate from that, but unlike prior years, he has many options this year, in terms of playing styles and players to carry them out. As you indicate it doesn't have to be a 1 for 1 swap. Paige in particular means you can substitute most any bench player for positions 1-4. If Sarah needed a blow and you want to bring in KK for her for a few minutes, no problem Paige could play the 4 for a short stretch etc. That versatility makes a 10 player rotation less likely in my opinion, unless the 9th and 10th players are close in ability to the 6th and 7th, but of course this year that might be the case. A factor working in the opposite direction, incorporating more players would be more use of specialized units, an offensive unit, defensive unit, a pressing and fast breaking lineup etc. But because of Paige's versatility and perhaps Morgan's as well, the floor for regular playing time is quite high. Being the second best player at your natural position doesn't insure playing time if moving a couple of more talented players around gets better results. Having said that, I hope we can achieve a normal or baseline rotation that is close to 10, and that on occasion, we use another couple of players for specialized situations, or strategic game lineups. [/QUOTE]

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