This is really the key point. Norris, given the choice, wants to play that classic 4-3-3. Rocky and Sinc aren't mobile enough to play that B2B 8 role and Dunn liked to attack too much, so it left Coffey all alone. Norris then went to the double pivot, which worked better...until it didn't. Kassouf reported that they had been shopping Rocky for a while, so it seems clear Norris didn't see her in his plans.

Fleming is a more mobile, younger player who theoretically should fit that 8 role better so long as her partner isn't Sinc. I still have major doubts about Norris' ability to make a pretty challenging system work, but we shall see!