Mendiola on why she didn't get drafted: "I heard it could have something to do with my family."

Coach Donovan says that's "ridiculous."

Coach Whisenant on what Giuli needs to improve: "It's like I told her, the only thing she could do better is something God gives ya and that's quickness." Giuli on her speed: "It's just something God didn't give me."

Ok... speed, as they say, can't be taught. But it's not totally innate -- it's not as if Olympic sprinters just show up to the races without any training.

There are things you can do to get faster -- lose weight, work your abs and lats, run sprints, run intervals, run stairs. If Giuli gets cut, she needs to stop blaming the WNBA's anti-Mendiola bias and she needs to stop blaming God. She just needs to hit the gym for a year.