Ptree Hoops: Woody's Best Moves

[lethalweapon3]

...aside from his well-known mastery of The Macarena, of course.

Woody-Bash du jour includes a fairly funny Peachtree Hoops blog entry of Woodson's 5 best coaching moves (out of his full strategic array of 7 moves), including...

The "Mario"

As formally defined here, it officially stands as a tactic to rest Joe Johnson for upwards of 35 seconds of game time but usually no more than 10. Mario is chosen not for his actual defensive skill and certainly not for anything resembling an offensive repertoire but exclusively because Coach Woodson can guarantee Mario will try excruciatingly hard despite all reason pointing to do the contrary.

The "offense will work itself out" offense

Sometimes called out athleting the other team. This Woodson tactic specializes in isolation, drives to the hoop by power forwards starting from two feet outside the arc, and at least four nearly motionless players. Coach Woodson employs this method so that he can focus on defense. Minus the defense of the pick and roll. He clearly does not care about that.

Also includes the signature Open-Mouth Stare Gallery

~lw3

Edited February 27, 2009 by lethalweapon3

[DrReality]

Humor is good. Like their tact, or lack of.

[macdaddy]

Hilarious. They left out 'the lineup shakeup'. Inserting Flip, Mo, or Zaza (but no one else) into the starting lineup when one of the permanent starters has the flu or family matters to deal with

There's also 'giving Joe some rest'. Allowing Flip to handle most of the playmaking when we are up/down 20 with 5 minutes left. Joe is still on the court in case of a comeback but he's not working as hard.

[exodus]

The Horford Treatment

For Coach Woodson, two fouls in the first half is basically a life or death matter. Not funny haha, but actual get the hell off the floor before you the life leaves your body sort of situation. First noticed by Bret, this coaching maneuver is extraordinarily useful as Hawks players only foul out when they are named Mario (see above) or are willing to commit more than three frustration fouls a game (see Josh Smith). While the whole practice can appear pointless and even detrimental at times, one must always remember lives are being saved.

lol @ the open mouth stare gallery.