I guess I'm one who finds herself torn about it, I mean on the one hand I look at the type of roles she's done since Buffy and think that maybe she's done well and it was a positive thing, but then I find myself wondering if she isn't going to suffer a little bit from type casting like I think Alyson Hannigan has.
I watch How I Met Your Mother, and I just see Willow all over again.
It's hard, I think to disentangle a beloved character from future roles that same actor takes.
I agree that it was probably time for Sarah to try new things, but I can't help but wonder sometimes if Buffy had had it in it to make a recovery during a season 8.