Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171104074017/@comment-10390252-20171107134001

No, he selected Pyrrha because, in his considered opinion, she was the best available candidate for the job. Now, that doesn't mean that his opinion was necessarily right but there were a lot of constraints going on, what with increased Grimm actiity restricting inter-Kingdom travel and the fact that there was an invisible clock ticking until Cinder took a second shot at Amber.