Comments on Hawk Str8Talk: Game Recap & Rant About Giving Up

well put, jesse. Leadership Rant coming up...

2009-05-07T12:26:00.000-04:00

well put, jesse. Leadership Rant coming up...

Isn't the definition of crazy something like "doin...

2009-05-07T10:25:00.000-04:00

Isn't the definition of crazy something like "doing the same thing, but expecting a different result"? That's Woody and his supporters. This team has not increased its win total each yaer simply because Woodson is the coach, but more because of the simple fact that they have all played together that long and gotten better at the things they already did well. Not one player has gotten better at anything they didn't do well with the notable exception of Marvin, which could be debatable because it isn't like he went from making only 7/100 3pt shots to 80/100, instead he has simply taken more 3pt shots period.

If anyone, blogger/fan/player/coach/etc, thinks this team is going to be a title contender by staying the course, then they are all f'ing crazy and should be locked up. Can this team contend as is playing this way? Sure, but it would take every lucky break, every call going their way, and getting matched up with lesser teams throughout the playoffs, which isn't going to happen. Nothing about this team will change until we rid ourselves of the cancer that is Woodson. He is holding the potential of this team back in so many ways, it's extremely maddening. I can hear every single GM and coach in the league laughing at us right now because they all know what's coming in every single game.

When my five year old son is asking me why we aren't doing certain things, then you know the system is fubar'd. And what makes this all worse as a fan is that if the ASG wouldn't let BK fire Woody, then how can we reasonably expect them to allow Sund to do the same? The thought of future torture is worse than actual torture. For as much as I love watching us win, watching J-Smoove take flight for highlight dunks, watching JJ rain down long distance pain to the opposing team, this ownership group, management, and coaching staff always seems to find that love and destroy it. Every single win is underlined with the knowledge that torture is just around the corner, that mental anguish will be wrought by people we can not shed ourselves of. I pray ech night that Blank would step in and solve all our problems with the ASG, buy them all off and free this fanbase of the tyranny.

But, like any other psychotic fan, if the Hawks were to pull this out I would absolutely lose my mind with joy, and the pain would subside, even if only for a week or two.

WOW. Thats what I call a str8talk sermon. The la...

2009-05-06T23:03:00.000-04:00

WOW. Thats what I call a str8talk sermon. The lack of effort when we go down is nauseating and a old hat for the hawks. I agree with everything you said. Well written.

Speedy (and I say that with no homage to Craig Cla...

2009-05-06T16:24:00.000-04:00

Speedy (and I say that with no homage to Craig Claxton), I hear you loud and clear. I'm willing to explore any personnel upgrades and changes as soon as we remove our biggest issue and that's our coaching staff.

I'm not convinced that Coach Woodson would be able to help Michael Jordan win a title. In fact, I'm sure MJ would do to Woody what he did to Doug Collins (and that's get him fired).

I'm impressed - not only with the quality of that ...

2009-05-06T16:20:00.000-04:00

I'm impressed - not only with the quality of that post, but with the fact that I now know of a compadre in the battle against the predictable future for the Hawks.

I've said for a while that this team (as constructed) has, most likely, plataued. Meaning, unless they infuse some additional talent into the roster, they won't get any better (outside of maybe 3-4 wins in the regular season). How many years can you go with the same starting 5? Next year will be year 3, and those starting 5 aren't going to leap over the top 3 in the league. What I really fear is the Atlanta fans just giving up without some new excitement. Sure, it's fun to root on a playoff team and root into the second round, but the fans will not continue to support the same folks over and over again - while they produce the same results year in and year out.

We need a superstar. Someone to take the reigns both as a leader and as a player to help us over the hump. Maybe he won't come by this offseason, but sometime in the next year or 2 GM Sund must make a deal for someone proven to blast the roof off of Philips. The draft (and a high 20's pick) will only get you so far - especially when your coach refuses to play some of your picks.

Ugh.

I appreciate the comments, but this greatly pains ...

2009-05-06T14:02:00.000-04:00

I appreciate the comments, but this greatly pains me to see us not play hard nightly. That has nothing to do with skill. Just heart and that is killing me right now.

Nearly (3) thousand words to articulate so well th...

2009-05-06T13:31:00.000-04:00

Nearly (3) thousand words to articulate so well the very thorns in your flesh that have nested since the second week of the season---that's impressive.

I can't even get to a thousand words without peripheral babble and knock-knock jokes.

Well done, sir.

I don't have anything to add but I've got to give ...

2009-05-06T13:16:00.001-04:00

I don't have anything to add but I've got to give kudos for both the length and coherence of that rant.

Larry, you're better than me because I couldn't ev...

2009-05-06T13:16:00.000-04:00

Larry, you're better than me because I couldn't even work up the energy to rant about that "effort" It was abysmal. The turnovers were unforgivable, the Josh smith only getting like 2 second half shots when he was clearly the best player in the first half was........ Mike Bibby keeping both teams in the game is something we may very well have to live with. Not pushing the tempo when our team (especially the frontline) is young and athletic is unthinkable. Ugh. I'm just not even ready to talk about it yet.