WOODY outcoached by Rookie coach!!!

ACE_reppin_ATL · Post #1 » by **ACE_reppin_ATL** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:28 am

WOODSON has instilled a defensive system here that gave the rebuilt Hawks a foundation, but he HAS TO GO...For as long as he's been here, he has always:

1. LACKED the ability to make key adjustments (critical in the playoffs)
2. NOT been able to use the bench and develop a solid 9-10 man rotation (critical in the playoffs)
3. HAD TROUBLE GETTING the most out the Hawks in games that they "should win" with as much talent/ability/versatility/dynamics this team has
4. LACKED the intensity on the sideline during games
5. BEEN ignorant when it comes to playing his key guys to their strengths consistently (Bibby in pick-n-roll / Joe off da ball, off screens, and curls / Josh slashing off curls, in the lane, cuts / Horford in pick-n-rolls, in post mix-matches)

BOTTOM LINE: The Hawks are playing poorly against an "inferior" team (talent wise) and its FUKKIN EMBARRASSING!!! We get clowned as a pro basketball city for almost 10 years and then we finally have a solid season only to play Game 1 like it was the Championship. Now they are playing with no heart, intensity, and lack of focus. Woody is out coached by a rookie coach and a 1-man team that almost slipped out of even making the playoffs. Woody has been here long enough to have our team handle situations like this (especially at home) and he isn't. How can he have a head coaching job when a guy like Avery Johnson (fastest to win 100 games as a coach is out of coaching?

Heat_team02 · Post #2 » by **Heat_team02** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:27 pm

I may be oversimplifying this but here's what I see. Jermaine O'Neal is killing you guys with his post game and his improved effort on the defensive end. He has succeeded in neutralizing and outplaying Horford and Magloire has played his role of enforcer well enough to be rewarded by being shoved to the ground in game 2. Our defense in short, is looking real good right now and players like Haslem who are not the focus have been thriving as well.

If Horford & Smith don't do a better job of scoring in the paint, this series will end sooner rather than later.

Tim_Hardawayy · Post #3 » by **Tim_Hardawayy** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:42 pm

Thought you guys might be interested in this.

Ira Winderman wrote:Entering this playoff series, the talk was about how the Hawks were the battle-tested team, had taken the Celtics to seven games last spring, were about to break through this year.

It made sense, especially with homecourt advantage in the first round. Heck, with a victory in Monday's Game 4, the series not only would be tied 2-2, but Atlanta again would have homecourt advantage in what would turn into best-of-three.

Even history makes a strong argument that this is not over, considering how the Heat held a 2-1 lead the only other time these teams met in the playoffs, in the 1994 first round, and lost that series.

Yet there was Hawks coach Mike Woodson offering this Sunday at AmericanAirlines Arena:

"Hey listen, you've got O'Neal who's been a six, seven-time All-Star. You've got Haslem who's played championship basketball. I mean, they've got guys, veteran enough guys that have been through the battles. My guys haven't been battle tested. It's something new for our basketball team."

OMG. The team that went 15-67 last season, struggled to a 43-39 finish, is even worse on the road, barely held on to the No. 5 seed, now is the team to be feared?

Woodson apparently isn't coaching to get back into this series and into the second round. He's apparently coaching for his job.

Monday the Heat will have another opportunity to pick at the carcass. Then, Wednesday, it just might be able to scavenge at the remains.

Why not? Suddenly, according to the opposition, Erik Spoelstra's squad is the better team.

Link

It does look like Woodson is more concerned with saving his ass than instilling confidence in his own team.

Lue_4_MVP · Post #4 » by **Lue_4_MVP** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:18 pm

Mike Woodson wrote:"Hey listen, you've got O'Neal who's been a six, seven-time All-Star. You've got Haslem who's played championship basketball. I mean, they've got guys, veteran enough guys that have been through the battles. My guys haven't been battle tested. It's something new for our basketball team."

The Mike Woodson excuse machine is already starting up after 3 games. Unbelievable.

Last time I checked Miami had a bunch of rookie/2nd year players logging major minutes too. But because they have Udonis Haslem, a role player, and Jermaine, who made some all-star games several surgeries ago, it automatically negates any accountability for Woody.

People wonder why this team has leadership issues? This is why.

Lue_4_MVP · Post #5 » by **Lue_4_MVP** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:38 pm

I may be oversimplifying this but here's what I see. Jermaine O'Neal is killing you guys with his post game and his improved effort on the defensive end. He has succeeded in neutralizing and outplaying Horford and Magloire has played his role of enforcer well enough to be rewarded by being shoved to the ground in game 2.

You're not oversimplifying at all. You're totally right.

I hope people stop thinking Horford is good enough to be a legitimate playoff center now. Yeah, he won't get burned by scrubby centers like Perkins and Dalembert, but who does? Sad thing is I don't even consider Jermaine O'neil to be a true center.

johnny878 · Post #6 » by **johnny878** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:50 pm

this is just like last season when the hawks didnt do well going into the playoffs. And woodson said the team didnt have the talent to play better than they did in the regular season.

guy hates on his team so much.

DBurks2818 · Post #7 » by **DBurks2818** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:56 pm

Woody is out coached by a rookie coach and a 1-man team that almost slipped out of even making the playoffs.

Hey now, the Heat clinched a playoff spot right after the Hawks did, and finished the season only 4 games back of the 4th playoff spot despite losing that game in ATL at the end of the season where none of the Heat's starters played except Chalmers, as well as several losses <3 points. Despite the reliance on rookies, with an improved JO and the playoff-version of DWade, these teams are virtually evenly-matched.

parson · Post #8 » by **parson** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:28 pm

Woodson has backed himself into a corner that he can't seem to get out of. In response to every problem, he claims it's not his job, but the players', to fix it. He appears to believe he can have a limited job description (as he had as an assistant) and let someone else do the head coach "thing."

I've watched him just sit at the bench for 5 years, doing nothing as the team needed him to take charge. All the while, he keeps saying he doesn't have enough talent.

I hate to say a man needs to be fired, because I'd hope that, if it were me, I'd receive the benefit of the doubt. But I'm afraid Mike Woodson has proven himself to be unable to be the head coach.