ESPN ranks Hawks Coach & Front Office as Elite

Post #1 » by **Jamaaliver** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:42 pm

Looks like we came out much better than we did just a year ago when we were considered middle of the pack across the board. Coach Bud in particular comes out of this mess smelling like roses. Only Pop in SAS is ranked higher.

That's high praise.

2015 front-office rankings: Coaches

2 Atlanta Hawks
Mike Budenholzer 8.78

Post #2 » by **Jamaaliver** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:45 pm

2015 front-office rankings: Top execs

6 Atlanta Hawks
GM: Danny Ferry (on indefinite leave) -- in his absence, coach Mike Budenholzer and assistant GM Wes Wilcox have guided basketball ops

NBA Front Office Rankings 2015

8 Atlanta Hawks
Last year's rank: 17 7.23

Our overall ranking is sullied by the poor score they gave our ownership.

20 Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Spirit LLC, Bruce Levenson and Michael Gearon Jr. 4.92

Post #3 » by **Jamaaliver** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:01 pm

Winning indeed cures all ills and even re-writes history. The team has had a phenomenal season: Four All Stars. All 5 Starters named Player of the Month. Division title. Franchise record winning streak. Franchise record win total.

And looks like Bud is getting the lion's share of the credit.

I imagine he'll be in line for a big raise and/or extension shortly.

Post #4 » by **ATL Boy** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:49 am

I want us to lock up Bud as soon as possible. I don't think he'll leave, but we should take no chances.

Hawks champs · Post #5 » by **Hawks champs** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:08 am

With bud being our GM will he enter into contract negotiations with himself or will the new owner deal with it?