Mystics fire GM Hargrove

Sep 22, 2008 - 6:48 PM WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- The Washington Mystics fired general manager Linda Hargrove on Monday.

The Mystics finished the 2008 season with a 10-24 record, placing fifth in the Eastern Conference and missing the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

"We are extremely grateful to Linda for all of her hard work and her dedication to the Mystics organization during the past four years," Washington chief operating officer Greg Bibb said. "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."

Hargrove was named the GM prior to the 2005 season after serving as a scout in 2003 and an assistant coach next year.