Things We CONTINUE To Do Wrong

[JackB1]

These are things that have been mentioned over and over and yet, we continue to do them:

-We stop running and play half court offense

-We stand around and watch Joe

-We play too much one on one (mostly Joe and Smoove)

-Joe doesn't recognize the double team quickly and others don't help out

-We don't play good D

-We allow the opposition too many layups

-We don't make adjustments at halftime

-We can't hold a lead

-Josh Smith continues to dribble the ball upcourt

-JJ & J Smith continue to turn it over too much

-We don't use Horford on Offense enough

-We dont feed the hot hand and stay away from the cold hand

It's amazing how we go back to being a crappy team when Bibby's ineffective or on the bench. With a healthy, effective Bibby, most of these problems go away.

[AnnArborHawk]

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-We don't make adjustments at halftime

A lot of what you said could be summarized right there. We don't make in-game adjustments. We stick to the game plan (what there is of one). Doesn't matter who's hot, what the defense is doing, who's dragging a$$, etc.

[Packfill]

Unfortunately, the Hawks do not play smart basketball. A lot of that can be blamed on the coach but the players are all knuckleheads too, so they need to take ownership of the problem as well.

[thesheedera]

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Unfortunately, the Hawks do not play smart basketball. A lot of that can be blamed on the coach but the players are all knuckleheads too, so they need to take ownership of the problem as well.

I don't think anyone here disagrees that the players need to hold themselves accountable, and that they deserve a huge portion of the blame.

But at the end of the day there's only one guy who can try to wake them up and get them to hold themselves accountable. That's the head coach. Woody's lost this team. Let's say that's 50% Woody's fault, 50% the players' fault.

There are only two solutions. 1) Get all new players who will listen to Woody, 2) Get a new coach who can try to get their attention.

Let's say for argument's sake that Woody's a B- coach that can't get his team to do what he wants them to do.

Even a C- coach could be more successful with this team if he can get their attention and get them to do what they need to be doing.

Woody and this team is a lost cause. Waiting any longer is only delaying the inevitable.

[Packfill]

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Unfortunately, the Hawks do not play smart basketball. A lot of that can be blamed on the coach but the players are all knuckleheads too, so they need to take ownership of the problem as well.

I don't think anyone here disagrees that the players need to hold themselves accountable, and that they deserve a huge portion of the blame.

But at the end of the day there's only one guy who can try to wake them up and get them to hold themselves accountable. That's the head coach. Woody's lost this team. Let's say that's 50% Woody's fault, 50% the players' fault.

There are only two solutions. 1) Get all new players who will listen to Woody, 2) Get a new coach who can try to get their attention.

Let's say for argument's sake that Woody's a B- coach that can't get his team to do what he wants them to do.

Even a C- coach could be more successful with this team if he can get their attention and get them to do what they need to be doing.

Woody and this team is a lost cause. Waiting any longer is only delaying the inevitable.

Agreed.

The solution starts with finding a viable coach. After that, the organization will need to decide whether the players are worth keeping around.