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Originally Posted by FMadera
One of the things that makes "teams" great is a little thing called "depth." Not often does the most dominating player automatically play for the team that wins the championship, because most good players are non-factors out of the back row (a few great players excepted). It's what happens when your best players are in the back row that truly is the test of a great team.
I'm going to guess that whoever came up with this idea can't recognize illegal alignments, and wanted to come up with an idea on how to cover up this deficiency. It's extremely tough to learn/recognize, and can be frustrating, but I've never heard anyone who can actually recognize alignments advocate getting rid of the alignment rule altogether.
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I suppose every new official, who hasn't played at a high level, wonders about the need for alignments. I haven't done my first HS match yet, so I haven't had the privilege of dealing with that frustration yet.
My interest in the question is largely a philosophical one (I'm sure it'll become rooted in bitterness and frustration in the next few weeks
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So how about not worrying about alignments side-to-side, just front-to-back. The players still would rotate, and maintain rotation order, but can line up anywhere along the row they are on. They pretty much do that now.
Or am I missing something still?