"When the Wizards decided to fire Coach Flip Saunders on Tuesday, one league source said the franchise probably didn't go far enough.

"It's like an episode of 'Hoarders,' " the person said, "all you did was remove one item."

Yes, the Wizards are a mess. And at 2-15, the problems go way beyond the coach. But something had to be done for the franchise to reassure its fan base that it wasn't going to tolerate the current direction. Eight losses by 10 or more points — including the last-straw, 20-point drubbing in Philadelphia — spelled doom for Saunders. "