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FWIW, here is a quote from a Volleyballmag.com discussion on the best players in the country:
"If we were having a player draft and I had the No. 1 pick, I’d take Stanford senior Kami Miner..."

I'm a fan of Miner, and think she's as good a setter as any in the country.  But, would you really take her as the first player in a draft?  I would probably build my team around a pin hitter who can make something out of an out-of-system play (a la Kathryn Plummer).

BC

Plummer is probably the best college player of all time.  So yes I would take her.

The better question is would you take Kipp or Miner.

I generally agree with you that the variance of top level setters is just lower so I would take Kipp.

All time?  That's quite the claim.

Note, the OP question was whether Miner would be your first draft pick.  I wasn't comparing her specifically to Plummer, but rather to a player like Plummer; an outside hitter who can rescue the offense from being out of system by being able to put down a lot of crap.  If I were building a team with the first pick of the draft, that's what I would spend it on.

BC

[BostonCard]

FWIW, here is a quote from a Volleyballmag.com discussion on the best players in the country:
"If we were having a player draft and I had the No. 1 pick, I’d take Stanford senior Kami Miner..."

I'm a fan of Miner, and think she's as good a setter as any in the country.  But, would you really take her as the first player in a draft?  I would probably build my team around a pin hitter who can make something out of an out-of-system play (a la Kathryn Plummer).

BC

Plummer is probably the best college player of all time.  So yes I would take her.

The better question is would you take Kipp or Miner.

I generally agree with you that the variance of top level setters is just lower so I would take Kipp.

All time?  That's quite the claim.

Note, the OP question was whether Miner would be your first draft pick.  I wasn't comparing her specifically to Plummer, but rather to a player like Plummer; an outside hitter who can rescue the offense from being out of system by being able to put down a lot of crap.  If I were building a team with the first pick of the draft, that's what I would spend it on.

BC