The changes came swiftly for the Canadian women's basketball team. After another Olympic letdown in Paris, captain Natalie Achonwa called it quits and head coach Victor Lapeña mutually parted with the organization.
Meanwhile, more quietly but perhaps just as significantly, general manager and high-performance director Denise Dignard, who recently announced her retirement after 26 years.
Dignard's exit signals a full rebuild for a team which has missed the knockout round at each of the past two Olympics and lost all three of its games in Paris. "I look back on it and just think we've been able to get ourselves there.
Now, I'll pass that Olympic dream and torch onto others to take it to the next stage, which is really competing for podium at the Olympics, where there's very small margin for error," said the 63-year-old Dignard.