Stand up Hawks!
It's time for the Hawks to stand up, stand together and show the world that they belong.
WITNESSVILLE - Now is not the time Hawks.
And the postseason is certainly not the appropriate place to come apart at the seams.
The Cleveland Cavaliers don’t need the assist.
So to hear the Hawks talk of not “sharing the ball” and needing to “attack from all over” screams of a team in need of reconstitution (and if you don’t like what you hear coming from the Hawks’ locker room since their Game 1 loss to King James and his crew that’s a good thing, because you shouldn’t).
It’s not something that can be done by a coach or general manager intervening. It’s also not something that can be fixed with one of those trendy players’ only team meetings or any of the other conventional tools used by most NBA teams.
This is a calculated regeneration of a team that can only come from individual catharsis, and the Hawks need it to happen 15 times in 15 different rooms at the tony Ritz-Carlton at Tower Center (where NBA soul searching goes on regularly in this city) before Game 2 of this Eastern Conference semifinal tonight at the Q (the arena better known as King James’ Camelot).
As meticulous AJC wordsmith Mark Bradley points out, the choice to either fight back or get smashed, belongs to the Hawks.
Each loss the Hawks have suffered this postseason has been uglier than the one before it. The average margin of defeat (24.2 points) is preposterous at best, and an affront to the game at it’s core.
No playoff team capable of winning a seven-game series, as the Hawks have already done, should be on the receiving end of tail-whippings of 15, 29, 26 and 27 points, respectively. Those lopsided efforts speak to a team that, despite nearly eight months in the fox hole together, still does not trust each other completely, a team that can’t muster the collective energy and focus to at least make a loss respectable as opposed to making themselves a spectacle.
The first thing you hear in the Hawks’ locker room after a bad loss is, “We didn’t play together. We didn’t help each other out. We’ve got to blah, blah, blah.”
If you think I’m making this stuff up, here’s a sampling (edited ever so slightly to omit the verbal offender’s specific identity) of what’s come out of the mouths of your Hawks after playoff losses the past few weeks:
“We just have to play with a sense of urgency like we did in Game 1. We have to get after them defensively. And as long as we share the ball offensively, I think everything else on the floor clicks.”
“We’re up against it now. And we’ve got look at ourselves in the mirror and realize that we can’t get out of this mess without doing it together.”
“We’ve just got to pick up our intensity. We’ve got to do a lot of things. But it all stems from our effort. We have to play hard as a unit. That’s the key for us. And we have to bring that [today]. Because our backs are against the wall now, really against the wall. We’re going to see what this team is made of.”
“We came out and talked about hitting them first and not letting things get out of hand early like they did in Game 2. But we let them hit us first again.”
“We lost our composure, no doubt. Things weren’t going our way, calls weren’t going our way and we lost it. We let them build that big lead and it got to us. We were never in sync defensively and we just didn’t handle ourselves well.”
“In the second half we just didn’t get into any offensive sets. We were careless with the ball. We had too many turnovers. Any time we have 17 turnovers it’s never a good night for us.”
“It was very disappointing, knowing that we’ve come this far. Looking back on the first series that we had (with Miami), that was very tough, and I thought we would come into this game a little more enthused and come ready to play. I thought we had a pretty good first half, but the second half wasn’t so great.”
It never fails.
Whenever things go sideways for the Hawks they all start speaking French (”We, We”). For once, it would be nice to hear someone talk about what “I could have done” or that “I didn’t give my team” what it needed?
Whatever the Hawks do, they'll have to do it without Marvin Williams and Al Horford at full strength.
On paper, there’s no way the Hawks should do anything more than annoy the Cavaliers for a few games. Al Horford’s sprained right ankle won’t allow him to play at full strength during these playoffs.
Marvin Williams has a wrist injury that followed his late-season back injury, shredding what was easily his best (and breakout) season as a pro.
So no one is expecting these Hawks to shock the world.
But these Hawks have defied paper logic since training camp, including making a return trip to the playoffs whenever publication on the planet predicted they would not.
That they’ve made it this far, even with all the setbacks, is a testament to the resolve of this stubborn but flawed bunch.
Just how stubborn they are and just how flawed they are will come into better focus as this series continues, be it three more games or more.
Whatever happens, the time has come for these Hawks to dispense with all the locker room rhetoric and simply play the game like a team that belongs. Play it for 48 minutes, with the required fire in the belly and without any remorse.
Anything else is an injustice to those who have watched this team evolve from the 13-69 train wreck of a four years ago into the promising bunch that has defied all the odds the last year.
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645 comments Add your comment
mykhalc
May 8th, 2009
1:13 am
gimme BOSH and OUTLAW for JS and MW!! just sayin’…
Big Ray
May 8th, 2009
1:13 am
Najeh:
“There’s usually not much you can learn from a thorough beatdown like tonight’s game. But if there is one thing we can learn it’s that the bench players Woody has neglected throughout the season are capable of contributing here and there, and it’s in the Hawks’ best interest to give them spot minutes. Yeah, they were playing mostly against Cleveland’s scrubs, but that doesn’t mean Thomas Gardner, Othello Hunter, and most importantly Acie Law can’t play some quality possessions in closer games either. I wouldn’t go as far as to say Woody’s overuse of the starters has led to this injury quagmire in which the Hawks currently are, but you gotta think there is some relationship between the two.”
Co-sign that, brother. Co-sign that.
Big Ray
May 8th, 2009
1:14 am
Astro Joe:
“Marvin’s injuries are literally costing him millions in free agency and yet people are calling him soft. I’m sure that his agent would have him on the court in a wheelchair if he could. All of the good things he did this year have been essentially forgotten as his team has been forced to play without him. Dude is obviously injured. No one should question if he is truly incapable of getting on the court.”
Co-sign that, too.
zen
May 8th, 2009
1:16 am
You guys have been complaining about flagrant fouls committed by cav players while that thug ZsaZsa or Zaza breaks one of our player`s nose on a non-call in game one with an elbow, Then in game two, he elbows our starting point guard in the face,taking him out of the game on a non-call injuring his eye.
The man should be playing hockey,not basketball!
The winning strategy the Hawks need is to put “windmill” “Petunia” on James and try to mug him so you guys can win at least one.
If I was Mike Brown, I`d have Ben Wallace clean the dude`s clock every time he touched the ball `till he`d beg Woodson to take him out of the game!
mykhalc
May 8th, 2009
1:17 am
sadly also, is i think the HAWKS have accomplished their goals for the year. i think the coach and team are satisfied that, 1) made the playoffs with a better record 2) made it into the 2nd round. their hearts are ready to go FISHIN’!!!1
tiger woo
May 8th, 2009
1:21 am
mykhalc,
Baby steps – the Hawks won their first playoff series in years – good accomplishment – they need to watcj\h how Cleveland does it’s business and learn from this.
Hawks are simply not a good road team – at the same time, the Utah Jazz, coached by the great Jerry Sloan, had a worse road record that the Hawks, not to mention the drilling they took in the first round
So you might ask, is it the coaching? Is Jerry Sloan overrated?
Big Ray
May 8th, 2009
1:21 am
Tiger Woo,
No, Bosh is a steady rebounder who needs no motivation. Josh is more athletic and scarier on defense. One is an all-star who doesn’t take games or plays off. He leads his team better than some I can think of. The other is trying to find his way in a chaotic offense. And I didn’t say anything about the two of them co-existing….
Big Ray
May 8th, 2009
1:27 am
Tiger Woo,
Baby steps, I agree with. But it’s been 4 or 5 years. Why can this team not PLAY TOGETHER….STILL?
And are you going to compare us to Utah? They played the freakin’ Lakers, dude. Anybody was going to get drilled except Houston…
Sloan is a top coach.
tiger woo
May 8th, 2009
1:28 am
Big Ray,
I wasn’t disputing anything you said – just makin’ an observation that the 2 have similar post games – Bosh is the better shooter – probably one or the other but not both in the same lineup.
J.J.M.
May 8th, 2009
1:30 am
I like Horofrd but how come when he post up he always fade away from the contact instead of banging and trying to draw the contact? I would keep joe no matter what. the hawks are what they are because of him. Josh smith, gotta keep him good on D and is improving playing in the paint(coach has to keep him away from the 3 point line when running the offense.)and of course hes a fan favorite(fills up the arena seats) mike bibby, I would keep him and it shouldnt cost us a lot to keep him. i wouldnt wanna break up the team chemistry by letting him go. marvin im not so sure about. he had a good season but if we can save money by trading him and bringing in more players im up for it(saving money could lead us to resigning horford and joe)
tiger woo
May 8th, 2009
1:31 am
Ray,
Just like we’re supposed to get drilled by Cleveland – same difference.
I know Sloan is a top coach – just making a point that it’s not necessarily coaching (Woody) that makes the Hawks a poor road team.
darrell starks
May 8th, 2009
1:33 am
TO GET BOSH YOU WOULD HAVE TO TRADE HORFORD OR JOSH WHO GOES?
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!
Rollins Tree
May 8th, 2009
1:34 am
YOU IDIOTS WE DONT TRADE ANY OF THESE GUYS!!!! WE GET A NEW COACH THAT KNOWS HOW TO MAKE THEIR CHEMISTRY HAPPEN MORE THAN THE CRUNK HOME GAMES.
You telling me that that magical chemistry we see off and on should be ripped apart? Nope!! You get a head coach that gets them to play like that night after night. Woody has done all he can do in this town.
J.J.M.
May 8th, 2009
1:35 am
darrell starks
what are you talkin about lol we dont have to make a trade just wait till 2010
darrell starks
May 8th, 2009
1:36 am
I LIKE BIBBY BUT THE PRICE IS TO HIGH PLUS WE HAVE TO MANY BREAK DOWN AT THE POINT ON DEFENSE.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sharif Abdur Rahim
May 8th, 2009
1:37 am
Yall could have used my intensity out there.
tiger woo
May 8th, 2009
1:39 am
Rollins Tree,
It’s gonna take more than a new head coach to get to the next level – gotta bring in more talent, if possible – look at Cleveland – look at all the talent they’ve brought in to compliment Lebron.
So, maybe we’re all not idiots after all . . .
darrell starks
May 8th, 2009
1:40 am
TREE WHATS UP BRO YOU NO BASKETBALL AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU HEY TREE GIVE ME AVERY PHONE NUMBER I NEED TO CALL HIM ITS IMPORTANT.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!
calico cat
May 8th, 2009
1:42 am
Avery who? How many championships has he won? Oh, my bad . . .
darrell starks
May 8th, 2009
1:48 am
TREE THERE ARE 4 CHANGES I WOULD MAKE BRO
1.TRADE MARVIN AND 1ST AND NEXT YEAR 1ST FOR RUDY GAY.
2.LET BIBBY GO BECAUSE OF THE MONEY AND HE IS A LIABILITY AT THE POINT ON DEFENSE.
3.BRING BACK CHILL.
4.CHANGE COACH YOU CAN TELL THAT WOODY CANT TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
darrell starks
May 8th, 2009
1:55 am
TREE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS TEAM
AVERY COACH
STARTER ACIE, JOE , RUDY, JOSH, HORFORD
BENCH FLIP, MOE , CHILL, ZAZA. AND WE PICK UP A SOLID BIG MAN.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kirkinga
May 8th, 2009
2:01 am
I see you got my note. Squishiness at all time level. MUST…STOP…THE…SQUISH.
Darn skippy Big Ray!
The squish has confounded many all season long, I’m thinking about looking into the possibility of getting some Mike Woodson Fat Head’s made to help address the issue.
Go Hawks!!
Big Ray
May 8th, 2009
2:07 am
Tiger Woo,
I agree. It will take more than better coaching, we need more talent. But we still need somebody to do more with what we have, whether it’s what we have, or more. Somebody has to put it all together. Get the talent. Fire Woody if he can’t put it together.
Darrell Starks,
The answer is Josh Smith. Yes, I said it. Why? Bosh is a proven all-star who will bring it every night. He’s not the fire-it-up scary shot-blocker that Smith is. But he’s 6′11″ of firey competition EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. He’s a legit #1/#2 option. Look at his stats.
The other reason is, out of Horford, Smith, and Bosh…only Horford can truly play center. And he’s the only one who has no problem doing it. Horford, Bosh, Marvin (unless he’s gone), JJ, Bibby.
No more double and triple teams for JJ. No more 40+ minute games. Two huge punches in the lineup with three good supports. Now just develop the bench and add another big.
Big Ray
May 8th, 2009
2:12 am
LOL! Good one, Kirk….
Spud Webb
May 8th, 2009
2:13 am
Jon Koncak and I are the point guard and center you need. ASG, holla at me!
tbhawksfan
May 8th, 2009
2:15 am
Four years ago I said Woodson was an inneffective coach. Three years a go I said there were two camps on the Hawks; Woodson / JJ and Smoove and the rest. That’s why JJ supported Woodson the last two off-seasons. He knew that without Woodson, he would loose his majority power. I never could belive that JJ actually thought Woodson was good. Woodson was only good for JJ’s stats.
Now we are where we were two or three years ago; the only improvement is due to natural maturation of a very young but talented group. We need NBA coaching and team chemistry. Can’t have your two best players in separate, conflicting camps. That’s what we have.
New coach, rework the roster. Not a blow up, but these problems need to be addressed. Should have been two seasons ago.
47 games and a second round reality check are not going to cut it. This group is approaching maturity and Woodson has under-achieved, as have the group of players.
What is the solution? New coach and settle the player rift by any means (without of course entering into bad trades).
Redundancy is doing the same thing over and over when there is nothing to gain from continuing.
Crazy is to redundantly make the same mistake over and over.
The Hawks have been and are redundantly crazy.
New coach, eliminate player rift.
Enough time and potential has been WASTED with poor coaching and team disfunctinality.
darrell starks
May 8th, 2009
2:15 am
BIG BROTHER RAY I LIKE THAT BUT ITS HARD TO GIVE UP ON A PLAYER LIKE JOSH WHO HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lon Kruger
May 8th, 2009
2:19 am
darrell,
who needs Avery Johnson. THE HAWKS NEED ME!!! When I was coach, I did not have the likes of JJ, Bibby and Mo Evan. I COULD TAKE THIS ROSTER DEEP INTO JUNE.
Lon Kruger
May 8th, 2009
2:24 am
thehawksfan,
DITTO!!!
I am the coach needed to mend this rift between JJ and J Smith. Rick Sund should rehire me.
Big Ray
May 8th, 2009
2:49 am
Darrell Starks,
Trust me, I don’t like it. And I don’t want to give up on Josh either. But this is a business, and it’s about putting the best product you can on the floor. Again, if it’s Horford you trade, then you’re either also having to go get yourself another center (unless you want Zaza starting), or you force Bosh to play out of position, which he will absolutely hate (which is why Bargnani plays that spot in Toronto these days). And then, are you putting Josh at the 3? Not the best idea, especially with such a suspect jumper.
Josh is an over-sized 3 without a good jumper. And neither he nor Bosh can hold the paint without a rugged guy behind them. Zaza is a bit rugged, but he’s off-the-bench rugged, not starter rugged. Love him in his role. But a starting center he is not.
Bob Weiss
May 8th, 2009
2:49 am
Suckas
Big Ray
May 8th, 2009
2:56 am
And I agree that it’s hard to make a decision like that. But we can either add another “already legit” all-star caliber player, or we can figure out how to make one on our own. Your choices are Josh, Al, and Marvin. Neither Woody, nor the players involved have shown me that this is going to happen. Josh can’t seem to play to his strengths, while some of his teammates can’t seem to get him the ball in the right place, and his coach has him going to spots on the floor where he is at a disadvantage on offense.
Al will never become the offensive player he could be as long as we keep him at the center position, simply because that calls for him to try and score MORE against bigger competitors. He struggles against guys that are 6′11″ and bigger, unless he’s in a position where he can use his superior quickness and floor speed. We don’t run, so that nullifies his ability.
Marvin is the 4th option on offense. He has very little post game, is better at driving than he used to, and shoots the jumper well. But he’s less aggressive than Josh at times. I still see more potential in him, but there’s no guarantee he can put up 20+ a game, and he doesn’t command double teams by any stretch of the imagination.
And we’re not like Larry Brown’s old Detroit Team. We just don’t share and trust each other that much, nor do we set all the screens they used to set for Rip Hamilton and Chauncey Billups.
That’s why I say if you have to trade for Bosh, your best bet is to trade Josh.
BosnianBaller
May 8th, 2009
3:10 am
Trading Joe and Josh would be stupid.You are building around Joe,Josh,and Al.Now Marvin Williams is a different thing.The Hawks showed in the regular and post season that they can win w/out him.I would ship Marvin and Law and maybe the 1st this year to get a real good player(Bosh).Or better yet trade Marvin and Law to move up and get a True Center in Thabeet since we haven’t had a true center since Ratliff or Mutumbo.Doing this would put Al in the 4 spot Josh in the 3.We would be one of the best teams on Defense and sign shooter to come off the bench.
Big Ray
May 8th, 2009
3:27 am
Thabeet? Are you kidding? That guy doesn’t even try on the court. He’s 7′3″ with enough weight that he should be dominating. But he’s not. I’d rather have Roy Hibbert than Thabeet. That guy plays like he’s the second coming of Manute Bol.
Josh at the 3. How many 3s in this league have to do nearly all of their scoring in the paint? I’m just sayin’….
BosnianBaller
May 8th, 2009
3:37 am
It’s all about D.By the way Thabeet is projected number 3.You can have scorers off the bench,What would you do Ray?No team in the playoffs gives up lay ups and dunks like the hawks.Thabeet will be like Camby
Ed
May 8th, 2009
3:38 am
J-Chill has been sorely missed. He was the glue on the court and his contribution was vastly underrated.
Ray, the Cavs will win it all and not the Lakers. There’s so much that can be argued about the talent between the two teams but not the chemistry. Cleveland’s is off the charts…
EAST ATLANTA HAWKS FAN
May 8th, 2009
3:49 am
Zaza Pachulia, a bulldog who scuffled with seemingly every Miami Heat player in the first round, taps Mo Williams on the chest, acknowledging that he fouled him in the second quarter. Maurice Evans, his team trailing by 18 less than 18 minutes into the game, extends a hand to James, picking him up after fouling him on a drive to the basket.
BosnianBaller
May 8th, 2009
3:51 am
Ray the reason I like Thabeet in my line up is because I think that Al will eventually score inside on a consistant basis.Smith plays all over the floor.Hawks would take more inside shots and shoot a higher percentage.All the Hawks do now is shooy jumpers you cant win like that
E343
May 8th, 2009
3:55 am
try playing 41minutes a game, 82games.obviously JJ is not the problem. i think that the hawks need to play more people even if its for the shortest period of time. it will help the chemistry and JJ gets to rest. the hawks also need to get another 3 point shooter to stretch the court+ give passing lanes when that double team goes to JJ. PG of the future acie law needs time, with the office up front bibby might not come back and neither will flip. the hawks will NEVER make the finals with a seven man rotation. in terms of the season im just amazed at how much the team has improved. people need to stop jumping the gun with this no shoe joe bull. your lucky we have an allstar and have way more than 15wins
E343
May 8th, 2009
4:15 am
1 more thing, sum of y’all never think, it makes y’all sound ignorant on the fact that we have a young team. all these trade scenarios wont workout. they upgrade one spot but downgrade another. Centers develop into the league its one of the more risky spots on the court Horford will only take in so much at a time.. FA is the best bet to improve , trading picks for veteran players is your second option your last option should be the draft, we seriously don’t need any more rookies to groom
McGarrett
May 8th, 2009
4:46 am
I will support a squad that goes out there and competes but these Hawks are sumn else altogether. There is no heart, will nor pride out there at all. I don’t know why I expected anything different.
Coach D
May 8th, 2009
4:47 am
Didn’t get to see J. Johnson’s sprain, but it sure seemed to me that’s his ankle/feet/legs have been hurting since game 5 or 6 of the Heat series. He has not been moving fluidly at all. Saekhou, got any insight into this assumption?
Just hope we won’t get embarrassed in Atlanta. Still cheering for ya’ Hawks!
Mike
May 8th, 2009
4:49 am
Remember the Hawks weren’t in any of those games in Boston last year. It’s a different game in Atlanta. The Hawks can still make a series out of this. If 37-45 can take 66-16 to seven…47-35 can too.
A Tribe Called Quest
May 8th, 2009
5:28 am
1) The Cavs are extremely rested and LeBron barely has to play any minutes
2) I’m so sick of this excessive celebration the Cavs do. Every time they score and LBJ isn’t in the game, he runs what seems like to half court to hi-five his teammates.
arrogant idiots
A Tribe Called Quest
May 8th, 2009
5:38 am
WHY DOES NO ONE ON THE TEAM COMPLAIN ABOUT LEBRON FOULING AND NOT GETTING CALLED?
HE HAS 1 FREAKING PERSONAL FOUL IN THIS SERIES. I SAW 5 TIMES HE SHOULDA BEEN CALLED FOR THE FOUL YESTERDAY.
WHERE WAS WOODSON TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT? INSTEAD, HE GETS HIS T ARGUING ABOUT TACKY SH*T LIKE BIBBY’S LAYUP. WHO CARES ABOUT BIBBY? HE’S BOWLEGGED AND HAS TO TAKE 2 STEPS SIDEWAYS BEFORE HE TAKES 1 STEP FORWARD.
FREAKING GET IN THE REFS FACES ABOUT THESE BS NO-CALLS AND SHOW SOME HEART. COMMIT A HARD FOUL. DO SOMETHING
A Tribe Called Quest
May 8th, 2009
5:41 am
WE CANT GET 1 EASY BASKET AGAINST THIS TEAM. JOE HANGS ONTO THE BALL FOR 49033 SECONDS WHILE HE’S DOUBLE TEAMED. OUR EASIEST SHOT IS A TRIPLE-TEAMED JOE JOHNSON FLOATER FROM 15 FEET AWAY OR A 35 FOOT CONTESTED BIBBY SHOT, SINCE THAT’S ALL HIS OFFENSIVE GAME CONSISTS OF. LET’S GET AN AARON BROOKS, NOT THIS FAT MINI-ME WHO PLAYS NO DEFENSE
A Tribe Called Quest
May 8th, 2009
6:02 am
JOE HAS NO HEART.
SMOOVE GETS NO CALLS
HORF HAS NO OFFENSIVE GAME
BIBBY PLAYS NO DEFENSE AND DOES NOTHING ON OFFENSE BESIDES SHOOT 3′S. WHAT’S HE HAVE IN THIS SERIES? 3 TOTAL ASSISTS? CAN’T EVEN GUARD HERPE-LOOKING DELONTE WEST
HOW CAN WOODSON BE COACH AFTER WE LOSE EVERY ROAD PLAYOFF GAME BY 60 POINTS? THE ONLY REASON WE WON THAT GAME IN MIAMI IS BECAUSE WE WERE DOWN 2-1 AND OUR PLAYERS REALIZED THAT MIAMI ACTUALLY SUCKS
terrell barron
May 8th, 2009
6:24 am
No wonder Stern hates the Hawks. They are an embarrassment to the League and to the city of Atlanta. How in the hell can you play 6 games on the road in the freakin Playoffs, and get blown out in every one? That’s unheard of. Hey Sund, it’s time to blow this thing up man. Coach, players, assistants, everybody!! Nobody is untouchable right now, if you ask me. Maybe Josh Smith, but that’s about it. How bout Marvin and Horford to Jersey for VC and Brooke Lopez? And then draft Patty Mills. Mills/JJ/VC,Smoove/Lopez. Or JJ and Acie to Detroit for Hamilton and Stuckey? We can pick up Sheed while were at it, and leave Woody in the motor city. Stuckey/Hamilton/Marvin/Smith/Sheed-Horford Something has to be done. This team is going NOWHERE as constructed. Time to make some moves. Thoughts?
MAC-TOWN
May 8th, 2009
6:52 am
Witness says “NoleRick, I’m here in CTown for the game and I would not hate on Cleveland. Great restaurants, nice downtown – nothing like dangerous ATL downtown”
nothin like dangerous ATL…I guess thats why Cleveland is thr 11th most dangerous city in America…ahead of ATL
http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/CityCrime2008_Rank_Rev.pdf
doc
May 8th, 2009
7:34 am
lot to read, no time to do it. glossing over will comment:
najeh whether we like it or not this roster is prime for gutting only by the expiring contracts. sund will have his opportunity to place his stamp without even trying as we wont be ble to bring back all five folks with expiring contracts. unfortunately the five is not he bottom five as you well know.
gee kirk can i get one of those woody fat heads. i can put it up against what some feel qualified as well, my own.
again guys, I AM sorry I didnt want to win last night and didnt act like I deserved to be in the second round by losing my composure and throwing my shirt at the tv last night. I promise I will not do that at the home game on saturday, heh heh no one deserves that siting anywhere near me.
good day all. we still have lives to live if you are reading this, do it!