Mystics fire GM Hargrove (Women's Hoops Guru)

Mystics fire GM Hargrove

By Jonathan Tannenwald
Philly.com

I just got a press release from the Washington Mystics saying they have fired general manager Linda Hargrove.

Mel will be on later to offer his thoughts, but for now, here's the release:

Washington Mystics Chief Operating Officer Greg Bibb announced today that Linda Hargrove has been relieved of her duties as General Manager of the team. Hargrove was named General Manager prior to the 2005 season.
“We are extremely grateful to Linda for all of her hard work and her dedication to the Mystics organization during the past four years,” Bibb stated. “No one has been more committed to bettering our organization than Linda. At this point, however, we felt it was best to make a change and move in a different direction in regards to our general manager position. Our basketball team has struggled to make progress and move forward and we feel a change at the top of the basketball side of the business was necessary to begin the process of improving our team. We wish Linda the best of luck in her future endeavors. I’m confident she will find success in whatever she decides to do.”

The Mystics finished the 2008 season 10-24, fifth in the Eastern Conference and missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Hargrove served as a scout for the Mystics in 2003 and was an assistant coach with the team during the 2004 season.

Mystics President and Managing Partner, Sheila C. Johnson added “‘Linda Hargrove is going to be sorely missed within our operation. She understood that it was time for a change in order for this franchise to grow. We parted on extremely great terms and she will always be a friend to the Mystics family.”

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Mel Greenberg covers college and professional women’s basketball for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he has worked for 38 years. Greenberg pioneered national coverage of the game, including the original Top 25 women's college poll. His knowledge has earned him nicknames such as "The Guru" and "The Godfather," as well as induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Jonathan Tannenwald is a producer with Philly.com. In addition to covering the local college scene, he spent two years as the Washington Mystics beat writer for Women's Hoops Guru. He also writes his own blog, Soft Pretzel Logic, which covers men's college basketball, football, and a variety of other sports.

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