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However, despite her limited minutes Brink still leads the team in efficiency:

Stanford EFF Leaders Per Game
This Season (so far)
(1) Cameron Brink 15.9
(2) Haley Jones 15.4
(3) Kiki Iriafen 11.2

Brink is like a booster rocket whose fuel is quickly spent, but still gets you into orbit.  

I like your simile, and think it accurate.  And I agree that when she is on the floor Brink is almost always the best player out there.   I refuse to believe, however, that she can't be coached into playing more minutes--something she clearly wants also.

During Chiney's senior year she averaged 34 minutes per game.  I am greedy, and would love to see Brink do likewise.  Chiney also had fouling issues as a freshman, but gradually grew out of them over the course of her college career.  I hope we can see similar growth for Brink.

That's not quite what I was saying.  I certainly agree with you that Brink is "almost always the best player when she is on the floor." My contention is that she is so good that she is also almost always Stanford's MVP for each game (as seen in the Efficiency stat, which measures a player's cumulative contributions to each game). Last season there was a sportswriter who said she couldn't vote for Brink as Pac 12 player of the year because of her foul trouble.  But others recognized her contributions and the writers went ahead and voted her 2022 Pac 12 Player of the year. (Similarly, the Division I head coaches voted her to the 2022 WCBA All-America team.) It would be incredible if Cam turned into Chiney at some point. I'm just saying I'm not frustrated with her play currently. 19-24 minutes is what I expect (whether it's the refs limiting her minutes or Tara).  And with the overall talent we have that should be enough for us to win any game this season. If she ends up playing more than her average by the time we get to the tournament then great. But I will fully enjoy her contributions to the team either way.

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However, despite her limited minutes Brink still leads the team in efficiency:

Stanford EFF Leaders Per Game
This Season (so far)
(1) Cameron Brink 15.9
(2) Haley Jones 15.4
(3) Kiki Iriafen 11.2

Brink is like a booster rocket whose fuel is quickly spent, but still gets you into orbit.  

I like your simile, and think it accurate.  And I agree that when she is on the floor Brink is almost always the best player out there.   I refuse to believe, however, that she can't be coached into playing more minutes--something she clearly wants also.

During Chiney's senior year she averaged 34 minutes per game.  I am greedy, and would love to see Brink do likewise.  Chiney also had fouling issues as a freshman, but gradually grew out of them over the course of her college career.  I hope we can see similar growth for Brink.

That's not quite what I was saying.  I certainly agree with you that Brink is "almost always the best player when she is on the floor." My contention is that she is so good that she is also almost always Stanford's MVP for each game (as seen in the Efficiency stat, which measures a player's cumulative contributions to each game). Last season there was a sportswriter who said she couldn't vote for Brink as Pac 12 player of the year because of her foul trouble.  But others recognized her contributions and the writers went ahead and voted her 2022 Pac 12 Player of the year. (Similarly, the Division I head coaches voted her to the 2022 WCBA All-America team.) It would be incredible if Cam turned into Chiney at some point. I'm just saying I'm not frustrated with her play currently. 19-24 minutes is what I expect (whether it's the refs limiting her minutes or Tara).  And with the overall talent we have that should be enough for us to win any game this season. If she ends up playing more than her average by the time we get to the tournament then great. But I will fully enjoy her contributions to the team either way.