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Definitely lost all credibility with this response.

They think this guy can play Center? Interesting.... Well at least that tidbit explains things well and I can kind of see where they're coming from.

+1 to you, that's all that needs to be said.

I don't necessarily think Drew is putting pressure on Teague. If anything, I think saying that he has confidence in Teague would help. Teague should see it as finally getting a chance to truly show what he's made of without having to look over his shoulder for fear of getting pulled like Woodson did.

I wouldn't have a problem with Joe playing point maybe 10 min. a game. He brought the ball up a lot, but with Woodson's non-offense he usually got the ball right back. Maybe LD could make better use of it. I think at this point though, I'd like to see what Teague can do as a full time point guard. All indications seem to be that that is what the case is going to be.

I love how people are quick to point out we had the lowest payroll among Eastern Conference playoff teams like it's a bad thing. That just means we got the most bang for our buck and are being cost efficient. I'd much rather be in that boat than be like the Knicks in previous years with an extremely bloated payroll and not making the playoffs.

So it looks like even Joe wants some of the load taken off from him that Woody gave him. Even more of a reason why it was good to get rid of Woody.....the guy was burning JJ into the ground.

+1 to you sir. I love how people are already making claims like they know what kind of coach Drew is. Give the guy a chance for crying out loud. Once again, overreaction on this board......but hey, what's new?

I remember we talked to him back in the day when we were looking at a coach and he wasn't interested. I doubt things have changed.

What was glaringly obvious from all this is Woody's inability to adapt and make changes in the playoffs. The 2 changes he finally made this postseason worked, he's just too stubborn to do it on a consistent basis. He went away from switching defense to get the Milwaukee win and he played Collins early in the Magic series....and it worked, though he never went back to it. All this shows me is that Woody doesn't know how to adjust as a coach. You HAVE to do that in the playoffs. Either way, you have no excuse as a coach for getting blown out like they did with Orlando. If players aren't hustling, you get in there face about it or you take them out of the game and sub them in for somebody who will bust their butt for you. Do you seriously think Jerry Sloan or Phil Jackson would have given Josh or Joe as many minutes against Orlando the way they played? Or would they have shrugged off Josh's laziness against the Magic? No freaking way! Work ethic falls on a player, but a coach is the one who can control their playing time. If you're not getting minutes, that's a huge motivator to give it your all when you hit the court.

I agree, why not take a chance on an assistant. He's the type of coach the hawks need and that are so hard to find. Someone who stands up for his players and whom they respect, but knows when to be serious and demand more from them.

I really don't want a coach that is known for defense more than offense. I think we need to bring in an offensive minded coach since we have the tools.

After watching the Hawks and Cavs underperform this postseason, one thing really stuck out in my mind. Both teams when hit in the mouth, didn't fight back emotionally or physically. Teams look to their leader, and both Joe and Lebron seemed unemotional and didn't play with that fire that we see during the regular season. They almost seemed to curl away as the Celtics/Magic piled on the points. On the other hand the Celtics were full of emotion and although it was annoying at times, it got them fired up! This is the type of player we need, someone that can fire this team up. A Chauncey Billups type that isn't afraid to get in a player's face when they aren't showing up. Any suggestions? Obviously we can't have Billups.

I can believe it. Just like he got tired of the Phoenix situation (even when they were going to give him the money) I think he's grown tired of the situation here in Atlanta. Has anything he said really made it clear that he'd be happy to be back here? Not to my knowledge.

And this is why I'm not too worried about the offseason. Just hire the right coach and S&T JJ if he doesn't want to stay (which it's looking more and more like he doesn't).

We don't need to get rid of Josh, we just need someone to coach him right!

Horford is one of the lone bright spots on this team. If he was half-assing it then Josh and Joe were full on assing it! I understand his position though, not being captain though I think he should be over our so called "leader."

While the comment may be true, you're really setting low expectations for yourself and that can rub off on your players (just look back to Marvin's comment regarding Orlando). When you see teams upset others it's because the coach and his players buy into the fact that they can do it. It's on Woody to build that momentum/confidence into his players but he does just the opposite to have an excuse when contract talk begins. Freaking pathetic. He always looks for excuses when things aren't going his way.

Either way he's hurting his value by not showing up in the playoffs this year or in years past. As nice as it is having him during the regular season we really need somebody who can turn it on game 83 onward.

Yeah using Collins worked fine early. That was before the dismantling occurred.

We felt bad for the Bucks the first 2 games but this is a whole new form of beat down! I'm hoping for 1 or 2 games from this series.

Evans screwed up a 2 on 1 break twice tonight. Tried to take it up and missed instead of passing to a wide open man. Guess we're just going to have to burn our starters....well I guess Woody does that anyways!

He literally pulled Marvin to him and then tried to flop. This guy is ridiculously dirty.

Partly our defense, partly the Bucks horrible offense. If I had to give one person credit I'd give it to Crawford for finally stepping his game up.

So do you just ignore all other hawks players performance? You're about as bad as Diesel is with Marvin.