Is Woodson not smart?

[Harry10]

"If we can bring Joe [Johnson] back and hopefully I'm able to stay, we can complete the process we started six years ago. If we can add a couple of more pieces, good pieces, then anything can happen. I sure hope they don't go back the other way and bust it up."

if the Hawks resign Joe, then what cap space is Woodson thinking that Sund can use to "add a couple of more... good pieces?"

or is Woodson admitting he can't do anymore with the current roster and it is not his fault?

[killbuckner]

I think he would be talking about Childress, the MLE, and a first round pick.

[Harry10]

^ really, you think Childress would have been a difference maker for the Hawks? if the Hawks had Childress, they could have taken Orlando to 7 games???... really?

[killbuckner]

No- i don't think that at all. I don't think that this team is in the same class as the Magic and changing the coach and tweaking the roster isn't going to help that. And at the start of the season the ownership group didn't think the team was good enough to beat Orlando or Cleveland or else they would ahve spent the MLE. But of course from Woodson's perspective the team would be better with childress and a MLE player so of course he would like to add them.

[NWO4Life]

I think he would be talking about Childress, the MLE, and a first round pick.

the first round pick is for sale to get money for FA or JJ

[dsg2003mach1]

A Magic fan's opinion here....

I think Woodson is a big limiting factor for your team. Atlanta never could/didnt seem to try to swing the ball to the weak side which would have been their best chance to hit an open man. To me, that falls on the coach. Woodson appears to have been aware of how the Magic operate on offense yet Orlando did as they pleased for the most part. I think a team's defense is in large part something instilled by the coaching staff. The Magic did not play great D the first half of the season, it took a while to round into the kinda form they're playing with now. Very few players on the Magic had a reputation for being defenders but theyve bought into a system that works and bring it every game.

It seems like Woodson just blames it on the players or bad luck that it didnt work, no real accountability. When the coach cant come up with an answer or a system that works I can somewhat understand the players losing that desire to fight. How many times would you run full sprint, headfirst into a brick wall knowing you're gonna get laid out before you started doggin it?

I just find it hard to believe that with the players you all have theres any excuse to get hammered like that, the blame has to go back to the coaching staff.

cliffs: woodson isnt smart, hes admitting he cant do anything else with this team and hoping he can convince everyone its not his fault

[evildallas]

First is the title rhetorical? He's definitely not the sharpest knife in the drawer. However, his statement (there was another thread on it already) is just him pandering in the media in hopes of saving his job. It's a long shot, but what other play does he have after these playoffs.

[ATL DirtyBird]

Hes a moron. He speaks like a 6 year old and cant coach. GET HIM OUTTA HERE

[99 Problems]

He's fired people...

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/05/14/hawks.woodson.out/

[djjob23]

On 3 ready... Hip Hip...