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By Ian Thomsen (@ianthomsen)
“Our goal was to have progress this year, to move forward,” Schlenk said on March 1 after head coach Lloyd Pierce (63-120) had been relieved of his duties midway through his third season in Atlanta. “And we just felt like that wasn’t happening as quickly as we wanted it to.
“That starts with me, I’m at the top,” Schlenk went on. “But I think if you would have an honest conversation with our players, they would tell you the same: We haven’t lived up to expectations on where we thought we’d be as a team.