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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 4319365, member: 6620"] Just caught this before closing down the house. I'll push back a bit on your assessment of Loyd. In the prior World Cup and the Olympics, Dawn Staley used her as a kind of jack of all trades in the backcourt and very much relied on her to take on the other team's top guard on defense. She was the backcourt's best athlete and that's not a small thing. In short, Loyd was doing roles that Sue and DT don't do anymore. Can Vandersloot renounce her Hungarian citizenship? She would've been an excellent bridge. That said, I can see Kelsey Plum helping at lead guard and Jackie Young working at the 3, allowing Stewie to go back to the 4. Diggins didn't play all that much in the Olympics and clearly that was a coach's decision. That may have been her only window. Now, there are two key truths for the upcoming World Cup: [LIST] [*]There's not a lot of time for overall development, so I'm guessing the committee will go largely with whom it knows, plus some strong recommendations from Coach Reeve on players to bring in. [*]There's a new head coach. Now we know the HD is not on the committee that chooses the team, but she does get to play contenders for those roles and that has to lead to some degree of consideration. [/LIST] All that said, I can see Bird and DT making one last go of it in this year's WC. However, it's then time to start to finding the next wave. Similar move to USA Womens National Soccer team. Have to start it incrementally. But have to do it. [/QUOTE]

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