I've said several times that the Hawks should consider going a different direction in terms of coaching. However, against the advice of everyone that has any sort of knowledge of the game of the orange ball, the team has picked up Larry Drew's option for the 2012-2013 season.
I really don't get why I'm so shocked with this. This is the team that decided that the players were no longer responding to Woodson two years ago, fired him, and then promoted his assistant, who doesn't challenge his players like a real head coach should. (which has led to the wonderful nickname of "Uncle Larry") I don't think the organization got that, if you want to change the voice in the locker room, you can't just fire one guy and hand the microphone to the coach that the players like and have already been listening to for the past six years.
What I take from this is that the team is going to stand pat for one more year. Smoove isn't going to get traded, Joe isn't going to get amnestied, and Marvin is still going to suck. The owners will blame injuries for the reason the team stalled again last year, and likely give it one more go before Smoove's and Zaza's contracts expire at the end of the season. While I think that the players should be given another ride, I still firmly believe that this team would become so much better under a different coach. ( a Van Gundy could work) Of course, Dwane Casey and Avery Johnson could have worked, but the ownership decided that they were to difficult to get, and that they wanted too much money. *rolls eyes*
Of course, this decision also means more of this:
NEVER, EVER, EVER TRUST THE HAWKS
I really don't get why I'm so shocked with this. This is the team that decided that the players were no longer responding to Woodson two years ago, fired him, and then promoted his assistant, who doesn't challenge his players like a real head coach should. (which has led to the wonderful nickname of "Uncle Larry") I don't think the organization got that, if you want to change the voice in the locker room, you can't just fire one guy and hand the microphone to the coach that the players like and have already been listening to for the past six years.
What I take from this is that the team is going to stand pat for one more year. Smoove isn't going to get traded, Joe isn't going to get amnestied, and Marvin is still going to suck. The owners will blame injuries for the reason the team stalled again last year, and likely give it one more go before Smoove's and Zaza's contracts expire at the end of the season. While I think that the players should be given another ride, I still firmly believe that this team would become so much better under a different coach. ( a Van Gundy could work) Of course, Dwane Casey and Avery Johnson could have worked, but the ownership decided that they were to difficult to get, and that they wanted too much money. *rolls eyes*
Of course, this decision also means more of this:
NEVER, EVER, EVER TRUST THE HAWKS
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