Are we on strike defensively?

[JTFan31]

we cannot play defense worth a penny. It is terrible, I think teams actually get trigger happy when they us. Dont be calling me overreacting, because my patience has just ran out, we got lucky last night at home against a 3-11 heat team and now we are getting blown out. I have had patience for 3 years and it has ran out, we suck and we are not going anywhere until we get an NBA experience coach, Kruger is college material.

[cyman3]

SAR and HENDERSON...

They consistantly get their share of rebounds.. the others need to start JUMPING and BOXING OUT!!!

[Gray Mule]

Our defense is embarising. Being laughed at by the

opposition as we were last night is not right.

I don't know how the coaching staff of the Hawks is set

up. Who is responsible for what aspect of the game

plan for the Hawks.

What do the assistant coaches bring to the table? I know

the head coach is the one who must bring everything together to form the finished product, but is there an

area of the game that each assistant is responsible for?

Dan Reaves and the Falcons had a terrible defense for

quiet a while. Then they added Phillips as an assistant

coach and put him in charge of that aspect of the game.

It is his responsibility to set up and prepare the

defense. They have several coaches and each one is

responsible for different things. If you are a Falcon

fan then you know what a difference Phillips has made

for Atlanta this season.

M. Vick gets all the headlines but the play of the

offensive line is greatly improved. This part of the

team also has a special coach. Do you get what I'm

saying?

Hawks need an assistant coach whose responsibility

is the defense. We may already have one of the

assistant coaches designated for this task. As I said,

I don't know how this is set up. If we don't have one,

then we need to get one. If we have one, that

individual is not doing his job or he doesn't have

the defensive talent to work with to get the job done.

In either case, this problem needs to be addressed

if Hawks are going to continue to improve.

Look what Phillips has done for the Falcons. He is not

the head coach but he has made the head coach look

good, the team look good and the defense look good.

Hawks need to find their own version of Phillips for

their NBA team.

Players cost millions -- There is the salary cap to consider.

Assistant coaches cost much less and don't affect the cap.

Hire a defensive guru for the Hawks and put him to work

or give one of the assistant coaches the title of head

defensive coach, put him in the spotlight as such and

see what happens. Let him develop the defensive

plans and schemes for the team. This is the age of

specialists. Things are just too complicated for one

person to be responsible for everything.

What do you think? Does this line of thought have some

merit or is the old man lost over in left field somewhere?

[Guest]

Well the Magic have already laughed at the team.[censored]

Tmac has [censored] slaped them twice since his cupcake

comments.JT even talked about it before the game

and still proceeded to play like [censored].