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Pokey Chatman has seen how good the Indiana Fever can be from the opposing sideline. Now shell get a chance to lead them.The Fever hired Chatman as their new coach Friday, bringing in a WNBA veteran in hopes of continuing their annual visits to the postseason.I can remember when I first went to Chicago, quite frankly, I was trying to build a team to beat Indiana. What they had built was incredible and to see it from the inside out now is great, Chatman said. They have people who have been here for 14 years in this organization. It speaks volumes to whats going on here.Chatman will take over a team that has a rich history in the WNBA, winning a title in 2012 and reaching the playoffs for the past 12 years. Indiana was 17-17 this past year, losing in the first round. Coach Stephanie White left the Fever after the season to take over at Vanderbilt.My goal was to identify and hire someone who has extensive head coaching experience in the pro womens game and we are fortunate to bring Pokey to Indiana, said Kelly Krauskopf, the teams president and general manager. Her years of coaching elite level players, both in the WNBA and in Europe, bring us great experience and leadership. Her up-tempo philosophy on offense combined with her affinity for toughness on the defensive end fits our organization. I have watched her teams and admired how her players continuously improve from year to year.The 47-year-old Chatman was not retained by the Chicago Sky after this past season when she guided the team to an 18-16 record and an appearance in the WNBA playoff semifinals. She won 106 games in Chicago and led the team to its first-ever playoff appearance in 2013 and a trip to the WNBA Finals in 2014. Chicago made the playoffs in each of her last four seasons.I understand professional sports, Chatman said. I have a lot of pride in what we were able to accomplish in Chicago in six years. I think the competitor in me is sad I didnt win a championship.Now she has a new job nearly three weeks later.Im elated and excited about it, Chatman said of the chance to lead Indiana. I didnt really think about the time frame and how quickly it was until I read it somewhere. Im excited about it.The Fever will have a different look not only on the sidelines, but also on the court as longtime star Tamika Catchings retired. Indiana still has a strong nucleus with Briann Janaury, Erlana Larkins, Tiffany Mitchell and Marissa Coleman.I dont have to reinvent the wheel here on either side of the basketball, Chatman said. There are areas we want to enhance, but if it aint broke were not going to try and fix it.Before taking over Chicago in 2011, Chatman spent 16 years at LSU, her alma mater. The Louisiana native was an assistant from 1992-2004 before becoming the head coach. She was 106-19 as the head of that program, including a 15-5 mark when she was the interim leader in 2004 when longtime coach Sue Gunter left the team because of a lung disease.Chatman will just be the coach in Indiana. She also was the general manager in Chicago. Having one job now is something that Chatman was happy about.I am looking forward to just being the coach, she said. I also am looking forward to learning from Kelly. I did have that role before. Its nice to have eyes and ears and a conversation with someone who had so much success from a learning standpoint. I welcome the opportunity to learn and just focus on the basketball half.---Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg Air Jordan Cheap Wholesale . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. 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NEW ORLEANS -- Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and coach Pete Carroll took two different approaches when asked about the officiating during the teams 25-20 loss to the Saints?on Sunday.Sherman went with the direct route.The calls -- or the lack thereof -- were pretty egregious, he said.Its just tough with the penalties. Its tough when you play a team thats averaging seven, eight penalties a game, and they get called for one [actually two] -- an obvious false start in the fourth quarter, which the refs really didnt want to call in the first place.The Seahawks were flagged 11 times for 76 yards, while the Saints were penalized twice for 10 yards.Carroll took a more sarcastic approach when asked if the game was called differently than he would have expected.Yeah, because we went into the game knowing theyre a team that gets a lot of penalties, Carroll said. And we were in the same boat, so we thought that might match up for us and that might not be a deciding factor in the game. But the [11 penalties to two] thing, thats pretty far out of whack.There wasnt a significant penalty all day on the other side, so [the Saints] did a marvelous job.The Saints entered the game averaging 73.17 penalty yards (27th). The Seahawks were at 70.67 (26th).Two of the non-calls that the Seahawks were particularly upset with were pick plays or rub routes by the Saints. One occurred on a 2-yard touchdown to wide receiver Brandin Cooks. The other was on a 20-yard completion to Cooks on third down during the Saints final drive.If you illegally block a guy instead of trying to get out of the way, you impede a guys progress to his coverage; then its a penalty, Carroll said.dddddddddddd So well see. Well see how that works. I can sit here and gripe about stuff. Im not going to do it. You already said it -- it was [11 penalties] to two. Thats the 26th-ranked penalty team in the league. They just had a great football game.Added Sherman, Its hard to play defense like that when youre in Cover 1, youre covering your guy, and you get knocked to the ground. We cant touch the receivers without getting anything called on us, and they can block us 3, 4 yards down the field. So youve just got to find a way around it and find a solution, I guess.Sherman disagreed with a holding call that went against him on the Saints final drive. And cornerback DeShawn Shead took issue with a holding call against him in the third quarter that gave the Saints a third-down conversion.Finally, there was a play that cost the Seahawks a timeout late in the game. Saints QB?Drew Brees found Tim Hightower near the right sideline. Seahawks safety Kelcie McCray appeared to force Hightower out of bounds, but the officials ruled that Hightowers forward progress was stopped in bounds, and the clock continued to run.He got knocked away from the line of scrimmage, so he had to be going out of bounds, Carroll said.Sherman was asked about the overall discrepancy.Youve got to laugh it off and continue to grow from it, he said. ' ' '