LouFan

I seriously doubt that Casey will be our new head coach. The organization feels that they needed a new coach to replace Woody and do better. Why would they try to keep JJ and get a cheap coach? Money is not going to be the issue. They would shoot themselves in the foot if they did that.

Well I will never complain about MARTA again. lmao.

The point is how you budget your money really. Instead of going to an expensive restaurant to eat wanna be Italian food (Olive Garden)... Use the money on a ticket. Or instead of watching Iron Man 2 in IMAX, get a Hawk ticket. The economy is not so bad that you cannot afford the tickets. You just have to re-budget. So money is not a factor more than transportation and getting up to go. Live games > HD television any day. Because you are around a bunch of fans who are cheering with you. Had some great memories in Phillips! Met some cool people too.

As a fellow beer drinker, I knew what you meant.

Really? CRAP! Thank you master. Your knowledge is stored and will be used next season. Haha

This is why I drink Beers outside the arena before the game. 6$ 32 oz cup at the food court. Cheers.

Yes, but also the pistons have not been the best of teams lately. Look at their record the past couple of years.... They got swept the first round last season and didn't even make it to the playoffs this season. That would effect ticket prices as well. I like our discussion, but going back and forth on this is useless. Because you do not see what Northcyde, Rhino, and I are trying to point out. This fan base is sub par. It has nothing to do with money, wins (2nd best home record), playoffs(made it to the second round two years in a row), or entertainment(the highlight factory). It has to do with fan excuses and lack of loyalty and love for the team. We should be lucky to even have a team. Be grateful and support, or do not even be a fan at all.

Cosign. I applaud this sir. Isn't this why we go to home games? To see them win?

Minimum of 10% is nothing compared to the economic duress in that city. Atlanta is nowhere near that. I feel that the prices are more then fair for the fans. I know coworkers that make 7.50 an hour who can make it to games. Even if they are upper deck. It is about your loyalty and love for the team. That is the real issue.

Yeah it is crazy how many bandwagon fans there are in ATL. So many "Falcon" fans were nowhere to be found after the travesty of Vick and Mora. They even said Matt Ryan wasn't going to be anything. Then all of a sudden they are a fan when we play Arizona in the playoffs.

The DETROIT PISTONS average more attendance then us and they are one of the worse hit cities in the country..... Just saying.

I would definitely trade Josh Smith. The guy has low BBIQ and acts like a child. He also has no shot, while being in the league this long is unacceptable. I think he was untouchable under Woody... Not now. Marvin Williams is good to keep as a bench player. He will help solidify the bench, that is what he did in college. And without an ISO-JOE offense, I think he will play better. Joe Johnson staying is key. I am very interested in seeing how he would do under another coach... A coach that can call offensive plays. Sund's comments are a little extreme, but I do think JJ will mature and improve. We have to keep Horford. I mean look how he has improved over the years in a position that he doesn't play. That says a lot about how hard he works, and imagine if he actually played his normal position... He is the only heart we have on the team. JC is a suspect player for me. I do not like the MIA type of performance in the playoffs, and not to mention he takes horrible shots. This is not a big team. We have to play to our strengths, which is running the ball up the court and passing the ball. AKA: Phoenix. Which hopefully the coach will address. A good X's and O's coach.

Bingo. They have bigger bodies. Dwight shot horrible because of this. Not only that, they only doubled him once the whole game. Which protected from the three.

Not only because of our players, but because we didn't have anybody to guard Dwight one on one and the Cs got Big Baby, and Perkins. They were allowed to guard the perimeter shot as a result of this.... As for our players...the Cs have a very solid defense and play hard. We do not. Simple.

I would think so, because no other coach will let Josh do the childish antics he has. He would be benched immediately. Especially the things Hubie called him out on the interview, with jogging lazily down the court in game 2. Throwing up jump shots.... We need to get a coach to make this guy grow up.

LMAO! That was awesome!

I agree with this too. Why would they try to keep JJ, but hire a crappy coach? If it was about money they would not even care about trying to sign JJ back.

Why would you not want to see this with JJ? Imagine how his assists, rebounds, and ppg will go up. Not to mention he causes a double team, which will help our offense greatly.

I know Marvin isn't the best guy.... Yet, I feel he could be better under new leadership. Somebody who will push him to his full potential, there are games that he has scored well... he just is not consistent. If we do trade him, we could be kicking ourselves later.

It is too early to speculate anything. We still have to see where other people go. I hope he stays here, loosing him sets us back a couple years. I want to see what our team can do under new leadership.

And we will be in good shape without JJ? You are losing 21 pts per game, and 5 assists.... He leads the team in assists, WITH ISO.

Nah they will not, because the appreciate the fact that they still have a basketball team. Not to mention they should be more frustrated than us. All of their teams have not had championships in awhile. At least we had the braves in 95... Who did they beat again?

I applaud this brave sir. :worshippy: A lot of sensitivity these past couple days. A lot of people taking things personal... The crazy thing is.... They do not even play on the team. :blink: JJ makes one mistake on a comment his whole tenure here and we run him off by booing and not being understanding that he is human. He was the reason why I started really watching the Hawks again. The guy did bad because Orlando had a great defense! Who is going to replace him? Nobody, because we do not have the money for anybody else. I would not call people childish per say, more like... a breakdown of understanding the big picture. Only person who was childish was Josh Smith. Even Hubie Brown called him out on his lack of effort at times.

How are you going to be competitive when the fans start booing from the first quarter? Talk about a confidence killer. Makes you want to give up.

+1 I felt like I was the only one who understands this.