What would our record be if we

[Vol4ever]

Had Nate been the Coach to begin the season?  

[JayBirdHawk]

51-0

[Vol4ever]

I'd say at least 7 games and that would have put us in the top three in the EC.  

[Atlantaholic]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

51-0

*47-4 

[RedDawg#8]

I like the way things have played out this season. (Aside from the length of time guys have missed by injury)

I think this team is better because of what they went through to start the season. We could have had a better record under Nate, but the urgency and resilience would not be the same. We would just be a modern version of that 14-15' 60 win Hawks team that had everything click but still crumbled when it mattered. I think when we were 6 games under .500 and fired LP, it was gut check time and cats had to look at themselves in the mirror. I think we have a little more edge because we are essentially playing with our backs against the wall trying to climb back in to the hunt.

I have a ton of confidence in this group being mentally tough and hungry because of the adversity we have had. I'd like Hunter to have been able to come back on time and Dunn to have been healthy sooner, but other than that I wouldn't change a thing. We needed this and are better for it.

[Sothron]

There would be a minimum 7-10 win improvement over our current record. It is painfully obvious Pierce was a fool that did nothing for our players. Every Hawk has grown under Nate including veteran players. It actually angers me thinking about how much of an anchor that fool was on our franchise. I knew the second he told the media he couldn't put in his REAL offense and REAL defense because the players were too young/not good enough to run it that he was a fraud as a HC.

[Q45T]

Thank God that one guy is gone... can’t remember his name but he shouldn’t even be allowed to coach a rec center team. 

[Dejay]

I could go with you on their potential loss of resiliency with not having to overcome from the crater they had to dig themselves out of. That being said, one cannot ignore the fact that they'd very likely be fighting for homecourt advantage and laughing their way to winning the SE for the first time in six years right now had Nate had the con from the beginning of the season. The close losses and blown leads in the 4th alone justifies my case here. If they had won even a portion of those games, they'd be what, 35-16? Sure, ESPN would still have them behind the Heat and Celtics in their power rankings even if they had such a record but still...

Edited April 7, 2021 by Dejay

[macdaddy]

Eh.  In general i'd take the number of games we lost that we should not have lost and then half it.   So I'd say we'd have 4-5 more wins.  To say we'd have 7-10 more wins would make us #1 in the league.  I'm not buying that. 

[Spud2nique]

32-19

[AHF]

50 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Eh.  In general i'd take the number of games we lost that we should not have lost and then half it.   So I'd say we'd have 4-5 more wins.  To say we'd have 7-10 more wins would make us #1 in the league.  I'm not buying that. 

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