In Reply to: Re: oh we will... posted by BruinMD95 on April 12, 2026 at 20:55:31
really interesting! Cori seems to build her roster with specific elements. I was so confident last season because all the different pieces were clearly in place and they were filled by elite talent all the way around, six deep with some extremely talented youngsters as well.
Mick's roster building is harder to make out. He just lacks the money to do a complete job but it just feels like he takes nice players he can actually get and then tries to work out how to mold them into a real team - in an era in which player retention is really difficult to maintain. (We seem to be building a solid back line for next year in MBB, but at least to now it feels really soft inside.)
Sienna and Bilic are already good, though young. Aarnisalo makes sense, always seemed like the one freshman who left who could easily return once Kiki and Charlise were gone. Gardiner is a good shooter with excellent size and lots of experience. Nice pieces. But as several have noted, we lost the Swiss Army knives - Gabriela and Angela. Really rare talents, those. But I'm certain Cori understands what remains to be added to complete the roster for next season.
Good fun to watch it happen and fingers crossed it will turn out well for us