Stop the debating. A coach chooses to shut a player off as they feel they can really hurt them if they get the ball. So on the offensive side the field North can do much more damage then Smith or any other player. And the above poster is right when a shut off is on it opens up many more possibilities in the middle of the field especially. There isn’t a better player than smith that finds the seams in defenses or smarter player that knows when to cut. Must of her goals are 1v1 with goalie close to cage. Hard to teach that.