After a 10-24 season, the Mystics are looking for new ideas to bring change to the club. The Mystics missed the playoffs for the last 2 seasons and team President Sheila Johnson has promised changes for the 2009 season, saying in August, “We cannot continue on this path.”
The franchise has begun with a new General Manager, Angela Taylor. Taylor replaces Linda Hargrove, who was fired as Washington’s general manager last month after a season that ended with a nine-game losing streak.
Is Taylor up to the task of turning the Mystics around?
Taylor’s resume includes the Mysitcs V.P. of Business Operations for the last 2 seasons and working in the WNBA league office for 10 years. She also played ball at Stanford, became an assistant coach there and at Texad A&M.
This could be Taylor’s dream job
As a kid she wanted to be GM of the Chicago Bulls. Up till now she’s been more on the business end of basketball.
“I’ve always wanted to be involved on the basketball side. It’s been a passion of mine.”
First Up for the New GM
Hiring in the next head coach, which will be the 11th head coach in the franchise’s 12 season history, will be first priority and should be named and signed before mid November. Taylor wants to find a coach who is “a great teacher of the game, a great communicator.”
“We want to find the best person for the job,” Taylor said. “It could be a male, it could be a female, it could be a minority, it could be a Caucasian.”
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