i don’t disagree and i don’t know all the particulars of the US team, but i thought that KRob can do that as an OH as well as providing solid offense. she seems to be a very complete player to me.
The libero position will always be a difficult spot to develop which is why they had to resort in moving OH's to that position (Robinson, Courtney). Hopefully they won't have to continue this long term, but it's working so far.
A USA libero right out of college will have to play in a low level league, some would rather use their degree and find a better career. JWO doesn't even play for a club, but won the best libero award at the Pan Am Cup though I doubt she will be any good against top teams. Does Lake plan on playing volleyball after college?
Libero has been a problem of USNT for a couple of years already. mainly because there is no club in Europe wants to get a libero from USNT. Krob is good as OH but they also have a large pool of OH who can do the same or even provide better offense. I think krob should be the main or if not at least sub libero.