They really can't because Irie has never shown his true strength I guess while Atobe and Shiraishi have.
What. They were very clearly able to assign a number to the Irie they knew (a 2), there's nothing stopping them from updating that to whatever they felt was more accurate based on his match with Atobe (like a 5 for instance). Even if there's a chance that Irie hadn't shown his full strength yet, that chance always exists for everyone, so it's not a valid reason to not adjust the stat at all.
Stamina - 2: WIth his short stamina, he is unsuited to long drawn out matches. However, taking into account that even when he forfeited the Atobe match, it looked as if he still had stamina left to spare. Frankly, it's unfathomable.
Looks like nobody wanted to take a shot at this, but I'm gonna post my own thoughts anyway. Ryoma's current stats are, in my opinion, as follows:
I don't know about this. I can't imagine, say Chinen, take on Taira for instance. Also, I wonder if the chosen MSers will receive more training for the remaining time before the WC than those that weren't chosen.
So you're thinking something like 25.5 for Atobe and 25 for Tezuka? Or do you think they'll have the same value there, but Atobe's stat area will be greater? E.g. if Atobe's Mental improved by 1.5 and all his other stats stayed the same, and Tezuka improved his Speed by 0.5 and his Stamina by 1, they'd both have 25, but I believe Atobe's stat spread would be slightly better.
I could see this I guess? Not sure if 20 or 19 would be a better estimate for them. Like, I don't think anyone's gonna go past 25 (maybe 25.5) total, so that would leave 1.5-2 points of improvement for Atobe, and he's said to improve faster than anyone else, so going by that those guys should only get 1 or 1.5 points maybe (except Shiraishi since he needs to maintain a balanced spread) I think. Although 20 seems more likely than 19.5.
I feel Ryoma's stamina should be a 5. He has kept Muga on for whole games and is outright stated to have good stamina.
Except Atobe already "surpass" Tezuka at one point back in Kantou by beating him. In the long run, it's pretty obvious that no one will surpass Tezuka. We saw Tezuka win a grand slam, it's a ditto that he'll be the strongest at some point.
Tezuka wasn't at full strength back then though(No Pinnacle of Hard Work and was he winning before the shoulder injury) but yea he did technically surpass him I guess and I did say not for long so I didn't say Atobe will never be better than Tezuka.
Not sure how I messed that up, thanks for catching that. In that case I'd relocate the point I gave him in Speed to Stamina.
Atobe: Are you saying he should stay at 25 or get a point elsewhere?
5 Speed or 5 Technique then? Probably leaning towards Speed myself here.
Yeah, I know. I was saying that instead of 6/5/5/7/6 I'd give him 5/5/6/7/6 then since that gives him a greater area value.