Mike Woodson steps into inferno: New York Knicks’ coach
If Mike Woodson thought he had headache before, he just inherited top job from Mike D'Antoni (right). (AP photo)
Mike Woodson believes he never was treated fairly by the Hawks or fully appreciated by the fans or the media in Atlanta (me in particular, unless I just misread the glares and/or strings of expletives any time I said hello).
Well, if Woodson wanted another chance to prove himself as an NBA head coach, he just got it. He has been handed the keys to CarmeloGate, Linsanity and everything else that goes with being the head coach of the New York Knicks (at least on an interim basis). Yahoo! Sports was the first of multiple outlets to report Wednesday that Mike D’Antoni has “resigned” as the Knicks’ head coach and will be replaced by Woodson, who was an assistant on his staff.
It may be only a short-term position for Woodson. (What isn’t short-term in New York?) But at the very least, he presumably will coach the team for the remainder of the regular season and in the playoffs, should the Knicks make it. They have lost six straight to fall to 18-24 and entered Wednesday tied with Milwaukee for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
There had been several reports of a feud between D’Antoni and Carmelo Anthony, whose recent return to the lineup coincided with the team’s skid. Anthony denied a New York Post report that he wants to be traded before Thursday’s deadline, writing on his Twitter feed, “Alright, enough with all this trade talk. It’s making me sick to my stomach to hear that I wanna leave NY.”
Next stop for him: The “Iso-Melo” offense?
About Woodson: This will be severe test of his ability to pull a clearly dysfunctional bunch together. The Knicks aren’t short of talent — Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, Jeremy Lin, Landry Fields, Tyson Chandler, J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert — even if there’s no indication that all of the pieces can function together.
With the Hawks, Woodson’s won-loss record improved every season over six years, from 13-69 in 2004-05 to 53-29 in 2009-10. But he was fired after the last season because of the team’s inability to win a single second-round playoff game. (His replacement, Larry Drew, coached the Hawks to a first-round mild upset of Orlando last season and took the Chicago Bulls to six games in the second round.)
Woodson is not foreign to personality conflicts in the locker room. He and Josh Smith banged heads often. The Hawks’ locker room wasn’t always a close-knit bunch. But that pales in comparison to the Knicks’ situation.
Woodson also now will be operating in the spotlight of the New York media. I mean, if he thought I was hard to deal with, good luck in Gotham. But he wanted another chance, and now he has gotten it.
By Jeff Schultz
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jjm
March 14th, 2012
3:18 pm
Good now trade joe for melo we know woody can’t coach boneheaded players so send joe quiet self to the knicks
rivercard
March 14th, 2012
3:18 pm
How bad must things be for anyone to think Mike Woodson is a viable alternative? One of the five worst coaches I Ihave ever seen in any sport.
Jeremy – the bench. Get used to it.
Steve
March 14th, 2012
3:19 pm
in other words, be careful what you wish for, because you may just get it?
Burton
March 14th, 2012
3:19 pm
1st….woody has his hands full…
Hey Burton
March 14th, 2012
3:21 pm
You’re not first, but you are a tool.
NOW YOU SEE THEM, NOW THEY BURNT OFF
March 14th, 2012
3:21 pm
Any word if he will shave off his eyebrows again since he is returning to a head coaching position?
Rodney
March 14th, 2012
3:24 pm
I don’t know. The Hawks got better every year with Woodson. The numbers don’t lie
PMC
March 14th, 2012
3:25 pm
Good luck getting those guys to play defense coach Woody!
Jeff B
March 14th, 2012
3:28 pm
Anyone who says that Mike Woodson is “one of the worst” coaches has forgotten one thing…
… damn I guess I forgot what that “one thing” was too!
hawksfan
March 14th, 2012
3:30 pm
wow @Jeff Schulz, you’re a hater
bigdave
March 14th, 2012
3:32 pm
of course the obvious; iso melo.
tyger
March 14th, 2012
3:33 pm
TMac’s trade value…
A hood ornament for a used 20″ rim?
Markus H.
March 14th, 2012
3:33 pm
All NY Knicks fans know what this means. Next year our coach will be Phil Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Debdoes
March 14th, 2012
3:34 pm
Link says ‘Kincks…not Knicks’! ha…it’s all the same.
Jeff Schultz
March 14th, 2012
3:35 pm
Rodney — Yes, the win total did improve every year, although in fairness we should add so did the talent. Those early teams were with stripped-down, post-salary slash roster. In the end, criteria for improvement became the postseason, not the regular season.
Jeff Schultz
March 14th, 2012
3:37 pm
Hawksfan: The truth is, I only hate one thing: The term “hater.” Possibly the stupidest expression ever.
GoldJacket
March 14th, 2012
3:37 pm
D’Antoni to Atlanta? Get the offense going?
RecentWreck
March 14th, 2012
3:37 pm
Unfortunately Woodson will never be an elite coach because he can’t get elite talent to play together in any kind of fashion. Prediction: NY will not be kind to him
Jeff Schultz
March 14th, 2012
3:38 pm
Markhus H. — I never say never anymore. But I think Phil really is retired for good.
Melo Drama
March 14th, 2012
3:42 pm
If D’Antoni would have benched Carmelo for not playing within the offense, this team could have done something.
Carmelo’s a cancer.
Not a good week for Melos.
Smartguy
March 14th, 2012
3:44 pm
Ha ha ha ha ha ha hah!
Mr. Phil
March 14th, 2012
3:44 pm
Jeff…we know how much woody valued Joe (overvalued?). Is now the time for JJ to become a Knick (please let it be).
LawDawg
March 14th, 2012
3:46 pm
I still think it is amazing that someone thought “You know what would be a winning formula to get NY back to the big time? Amare and Carmello and a bunch of scrubs.”
LawDawg
March 14th, 2012
3:46 pm
tyger: you don’t really understand how cars work, do you?
Heisenberg
March 14th, 2012
3:46 pm
PJax would not coach this roster even if he were interested in coming back. Remember first he had MJ, then Kobe. Why would he want to come back and risk tarnishing his legacy for anything less than a stacked roster?
PMC
March 14th, 2012
3:48 pm
Remember when Knicks fans were excited about Melo?
Irishmafia
March 14th, 2012
3:49 pm
OMG the Knicks have hit rock bottom ! WOODSON ??????? the same franchise that hired the freak isiah Thomas? What a shame that a once proud franchise has been reduced to scraping the very bottom of the barrell !Woodson couldn’t even make it with the Hawks –THE HAWKS !!! imagine what that loser Dolan must be thinking to hire Woodson, what Richard simmons wasn’t available?
Jeff Schultz
March 14th, 2012
3:50 pm
Mr. Phil — Joe actually had strong ties to D’Antoni (together in Phoenix).
falCANS
March 14th, 2012
3:50 pm
Why so much hate towards Woody??? Only knock on him was the players tuned him out after 7 o 8 years. which is to b expected
english101
March 14th, 2012
3:52 pm
Hey people! Why don’t you try getting your grammar right before adding your two cents worth. Not all, but some of you…bunch of idiots!
Mr. Phil
March 14th, 2012
3:54 pm
@Jeff…True. Guess I am reaching at straws at this point. Just need some reason to think Number 2 might be leaving.
LawDawg
March 14th, 2012
3:58 pm
english101: You might consider taking your own advice.
pop
March 14th, 2012
3:58 pm
Jeremy Lin to pass the ball to MELO. MELO need to SHOOT or Make it to NBA FINALS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUp1k03_PsQ
JB
March 14th, 2012
3:59 pm
Has anyone watched an NBA game lately? They are wasting money having coach’s. It’s just a school yard jail break. Hire a personal assistant for every player at say 40K a year to tell them were to go and where to be etc. Coaching? You’re kidding right?
Joe
March 14th, 2012
4:01 pm
Trade deadline tomorrow. JJ for Melo…lets reunite and make it feel so good!
LawDawg
March 14th, 2012
4:05 pm
Here is your post in proper English, english101:
Everyone: You may want to ensure that your posts are grammatically correct before pressing “Submit Comment” because when I read posts containing grammatical errors, I dismiss the content of said posts. As a group you are largely, though not universally, ignorant.
Runner-
March 14th, 2012
4:06 pm
Nice piece Jeff, time for that Iso-Melo offense to fail their way out of the top 8 spots!! Woodson has no idea how to coach lol, any success will be due to that All-Star lineup they have and not Woody.
Markus H.
March 14th, 2012
4:07 pm
Phil is coming. He wants too come. There’s nothing wrong with Carmelo or the Knicks. Melo just needs a non tolerance coach who will take charge and control of that team. And thats what Phil will bring!
pop
March 14th, 2012
4:09 pm
MELO. you have choice. Win Championship “RING” or “LOSE IT”.
You better shoot Three Pointers or Dunk on NBA FINALS if jeremy passed the ball.
Live and in Color
March 14th, 2012
4:09 pm
Who….Jeff, I wonder if you have the same kind of venom for Mike Smith???? Woody was not Pop or Phil Jax, but he took a bunch of under devoloped kids with a lot of talent and made them a viable NBA team. Yeah, he did not make the finals, but neither has 20 plus other teams…He did his thing, Now let me see you p***s on Mike Smith and the Falcons the same way you did on Woody….
alright, here we go ISO-MELO
March 14th, 2012
4:10 pm
I’m going to go ahead and set the over/under at 8 1/2 for the number of games it takes the rest of the team to get pissed at the new ISO-MELO offense.
JLM
March 14th, 2012
4:13 pm
Congrats Woody! You were a great coach. You made improvements each year. I love the Hawks, but also know they are not a legitiamate contender for a championship. If so, they would have made appropriate player personnel changes to give the team a shot.
Heisenberg
March 14th, 2012
4:13 pm
Has anyone noticed that Denver is playing better with Melo than with him? And how well Knicks were plaing before he returned from injury compared to since? I would not want him on Hawks even as a minimum salary free agent. Let alone trading an asset for him. Advise to Woody…. every Knicks box score should show DNPCD next to Melo’s name.
Darryl
March 14th, 2012
4:16 pm
It just goes to show the Knicks didn’t have a game plan to replace D’Antoni. There should’ve been a quality coach waiting in the wings….hint…hint…Phil Jackson.
Tokyo Tom
March 14th, 2012
4:16 pm
JB- you must have missed last night’s game vs Denver- 2 great plays at the end of the game (one was even drawn up by LD! if only Zaza had made that basket…) Woodson was a good coach of veteran players, not so good with young ones: only Horford (4 years of college ball) and J Smoove (chip on shoulder) panned out. Had Hawks drafted C Paul he would have washed out of the league by now! Good luck in NYC Woody- you will need it!
Tokyo Tom
March 14th, 2012
4:17 pm
Is it just me- or did Woody start looking like Mr. Potatohead after he went with the bald look?
Heisenberg
March 14th, 2012
4:18 pm
correction : without melo
Top Dog
March 14th, 2012
4:19 pm
Mike Woodson better make to NBA FINALS.
Whopper Dawg
March 14th, 2012
4:28 pm
Woodson as NY HC. Now that is funny right there, I don’t care who you are.
JohnC
March 14th, 2012
4:32 pm
I think the Knicks will be putting a call into Lexington, Kentucky pretty soon.
ATLcracker
March 14th, 2012
4:39 pm
Any chance we could trade Josh for Lin and Stoudemire?
Just saying..
March 14th, 2012
4:45 pm
Josh as primer for ‘Melo. Don’t think that was enough.
tidog
March 14th, 2012
5:22 pm
Get ready for Iso-Melo Knickerbocker fans.
cpsman_atlanta
March 14th, 2012
5:26 pm
Hey, Woodson is in better shape than Drew… Drew has to work for the slumlords otherwise known as Atlanta Spirit Group. BOYCOTT ATLANTA SPIRIT GROUP!!!! BRING BACK THE THRASHERS!!!
all gangsta
March 14th, 2012
5:30 pm
Carmelo Anthony is a selfish thug !!! End of story. We glorify these tatoo/ghetto ballers who strut around from the age of 8 until thier washed up 30 somethings…..and then they still strutt around. The AAU circuit and high profile High Schools that recruit are part of the problem. The NY Knicks were winning basketball games and then Carmelo returned and they turned into losers again….the problem is Melo and not D’antonio….but coach had to take “the fall”. Whatever, Carmelo is a selfish loser…..and the Knicks suck again.
DH
March 14th, 2012
5:43 pm
Sshultz, you don’t even have the class to say “good luck” at the end of your piece?
All I'm Saying Is....
March 14th, 2012
5:44 pm
In my view, Woody is only their coach for the rest of this season. During the off-season the Knicks will feel compelled to get a ‘name’ guy to take over simply because they are in the #1 media market and they will think their fan base has to have a guy with ‘gravitas’. I mean after all this is a franchise that Pat Riley once coached.
Second, good luck to you Woody because you will have maybe a one week honeymoon period before the players, the NY media, and the assorted sideshow elements will turn on you.
Third…who cares…
LET’S GO HAWKS!
Bobob
March 14th, 2012
5:49 pm
First of all, you New York fans are delusional as usual. Why can no one else remember a New York Knicks dynasty? Oh wait…because it never happened. Yeah you had Willis Reed….but about 20 other teams had their one good year too. Ewing et al never got over the hump, so don’t tell me about that era….Reggie Miller anyone?
Okay, now for what the Knicks need to do….trade Carmelo at all costs to anyone stupid enough to take him. He is a selfish cancer who is completely self-absorbed. I fail to see why he is any better than Antoine Walker or Jamal Mashburn or a number of other guys who always got hyped as being better than they ever really were. Who’s laughing now? The Nuggets.
ClassicHawks
March 14th, 2012
5:52 pm
I Think Woody Is the Perfect Coach for the Knicks and Dantoni or Doc Rivers would be the perfect coach for the Hawks, even though I Feel LD is doing a fine job!
ClassicHawks
March 14th, 2012
5:57 pm
These Comments on here show why Atlanta is a God Awful Sports City. Opinions are your own, but most opinions of the Atlanta Fan is similar to that of a clown, or idiot. Mike Woodson will get the Knicks in the Playoffs Easily.
Dantoni is a system guy.
Mike Woodson is a NBA Coach.
Carmelo and Amare should get iso’s all day.
Jeremy Lin should never have more shots than Amare, which was happening because of system.
You people are fools if you believe Mike Woodson is not a reputable coach. He may end up becoming the long term solution once New York buys in. And they will buy in!
He won 50 games with the Hawks. What makes you think he is not gonna win with a much more talented group of ball players. GTFOH!
ClassicHawks
March 14th, 2012
6:00 pm
Atlanta fans are the worst. Dantoni is a system coach. Woodson is an NBA Coach. Big Difference. Dantoni refused to change his system for Carmelo and Amare, thus he is showed the door.
Woodson will get New York to win a playoff series. The team is stacked! He got out Sorry Hawks to win 50 Games with a slow Mike Bibby at point guard. Cmon man. The switch defense is wack , but hopefully he has learned, but with the fire power he has, they will begin to win fast.
ClassicHawks
March 14th, 2012
6:02 pm
Woodson will become the long term solution in New York. Watch what I say!
Ted Striker
March 14th, 2012
6:25 pm
This is going to be good however it turns out.
kj
March 14th, 2012
6:27 pm
fire woody!
beckprice
March 14th, 2012
6:31 pm
I used to want to trade JJ for Melo as long as we were an ISO-offense. Now I want fire Drew and Hire D’Antoni. We’ve been a team waiting to run since BK drafted Childress, Smith, and Marvin. We’ve consistently had the wrong coach/style. Let this squad run and see how much fun they all have/points they score. At least we will get great highlights from Josh!
PJM
March 14th, 2012
6:44 pm
Get rid of the prima donna no game “Melo” and I guarantee the NYK will get back to .500 a least.
Disgusted
March 14th, 2012
6:58 pm
Whinny Mike Woodson stepping into the heat of the NY Knicks.
He could not hack the pressure here, he will be a laughing joke up there.
Truth is that we in the ATL are becoming a cynical fan base because our teams offer us no hope and do not try to get better.
Hey, in one of our sports our team moved. Why should we care or believe?
TheAntiMe
March 14th, 2012
7:10 pm
FIRE WOODY!!!!!
Sorry, I just missed typing that.
cdog
March 14th, 2012
7:14 pm
THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.CONGRATUATIONS TO COACH MIKE WOODSON.YOUR BLESSING FROM THE LORD IS HERE
cdog
March 14th, 2012
7:24 pm
A 6′11 MAN WHO CAN’T MAKE A LAYUP AND IS A PRO? A VETERAN GUARD WHO CAN’T MAKE FREE THROW WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE? A POINT WHO KEEPS MAKING THE SAME DUMB MISTAKES EVERY GAME AND GRINS ABOUT THEM? A COACH WHO AFTER 44 GAMES WHO STILL DON’T KNOW HIS PLAYERS? A GM WHO DOESN’T DO ANYTHING TO BETTER HIS TEAM?THANKS TO ZA ZA PACHULIA, KIRK HINRICH, JEFF TEAGUE,, LARRY DREW AND RICK SUND
Dawg A
March 14th, 2012
7:27 pm
Poor Knicks if this clown coaches them long term!
cp3
March 14th, 2012
7:27 pm
mavs fan i’ll give odom for jsmoove
Paddy
March 14th, 2012
8:02 pm
And now you can see why all the true old pro basketball fans have left and taken their sports spending dollars with them. The players have just ruined this one time great sport!!!!!!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
March 14th, 2012
8:14 pm
Will the New York media inferno singe off Woody’s eyebrows? That’s the important question.
A Father
March 14th, 2012
8:49 pm
Atlanta GA and arguably best writer Schultz spends time on new york knicks basketball. This has to be a joke right, It takes CT several articles about GA coaches and contracts and he is still no where close to the facts and to date has wasted everyones time reading.
Schultz: please take over the coverage of GA football a write professional and factual articles of interest. You do know that these poor writers are hurting your credibility as well?????????
JSS
March 14th, 2012
9:27 pm
Irishmafia
March 14th, 2012
3:49 pm
“OMG the Knicks have hit rock bottom !”
You can alway tell the guys who are blogging for the drama effect…
So ley me introduce you to Bob Hill… Sir, that is hitting “rock bottom!”
JSS
March 14th, 2012
9:30 pm
Najeh Davenpoop
March 14th, 2012
8:14 pm
“Will the New York media inferno singe off Woody’s eyebrows? That’s the important question.”
My friends and I sat the bar the other night (Bulls-vs-Knicks) and bet the check to see if Woodrow had eyebrows or not!
heat check
March 14th, 2012
9:48 pm
Oh God. I guess I owe someone my next paycheck because I lost the “this dude will never be a head coach in NBA again” bet. Well, at least this is going to be fun to watch. What a train wreck! Once the media pushes him for an answer beyond “defend and rebound the basketball” he’s gonna lose it. Just keep those arms folded, Woody!!
Some of these revisionist posts are hysterical. “Lost control after 7-8yrs.” Really? I know it FELT like at least a couple decades. “He made improvements every year.” Well, he did shave his Cleveland from Family Guy hair that one year. That was an improvement, I guess. “He’s a victim of racism!” Haha! Billy Knight (who’s black, by all accounts) personally tried to fire him 3x, but ownership fired BK instead. He was here for 6 excruciating years. How long should they have held on to him? 15 years? What’s the not-racist cutoff? He was a cheap hire (just like LD), which is priority #1 to BASG. There’s a reason no one else wanted him as HC.
And why did he never fess up on the eyebrows? Something strange about that…
Snoop Graham
March 14th, 2012
10:00 pm
Poor Woodson, now he has to deal with alot more than two idiots from the local newspaper.
Anthony
March 14th, 2012
10:19 pm
It won’t be that hard for the Knicks to make “the playoffs”……, pretty much all of the teams make “the playoffs”. It’s when the regular season begins.
Red Stick
March 15th, 2012
12:11 am
The NBA will always be a distant 3rd behind the NFL and MLB among professional sports and for good reason.
It is what it is.
Paul in NH
March 15th, 2012
12:52 am
17 games to go in the regular season and NY is 6 games out of 6th place, which is where they need to be to avoid Miami and Chicago in the playoffs. It’s going to be an early offseason in MSG
EZM
March 15th, 2012
1:44 am
Good luck Woody..but I cant imagine how thin skinned Woody will react to the New York media..Woody held the Atlanta press in disdain..he cant ignore or close off access to the New York press..Why do I have the feeling that a Dennis Green(we let em off the hook),Jim Mora(Playoffs…) or Paul Silas(Do I speak chinese.) rant is coming from Woody and will be the talk of the tabloids and ESPN..Over under on 2 weeks…
GT
March 15th, 2012
7:35 am
Couldn’t think of a worse coach for the Knicks, unless it was Hewitt. They won big last night but lets see how they do in the future. Woodson never could figure out what to do with the guard play here. He let Bibby go, left Teague on the bench too much and couldn’t get his royalty to set picks, they were all out on the perimeters with the guards trying to get the ball feed to them, to take three pointers. If I were the Knicks I think I would make Lin a player coach, but I think he is afraid of Carmelo Anthony, too. The NBA is not about winning it is a rock concert for corporate expense accounts. They should have fired Anthony who obviously can’t win for them and kept Mike D’Anton. Some smart college should pick this guy up, he is a very good coach, which are not appreciated in the NBA.
jroll1
March 15th, 2012
7:45 am
Jeff, the first thing I text’d to my son when I heard D’Antoni had resigned…..”ISOMELO”
Jeff Schultz
March 15th, 2012
9:44 am
Live and in Color — I think if you check out a few columns from this past Falcons season and then after the season when I wrote problems squarely on Mike Smith’s shoulders, you’ll have your answer.
Jeff Schultz
March 15th, 2012
9:45 am
DH — Not sure that I’ve ever written the words “Good luck” in a column with that context. So that exclusion is not exclusive to Mike Woodson.
Jeff Schultz
March 15th, 2012
9:47 am
JB and Cdog — Most folks realize I have zero tolerance for bringing race into commenting because it opens the door to race-baiting. So please leave it out in the future. Thanks.
Most OVER - RATED Coach in the History of the NBA - Phil Jackson
March 15th, 2012
9:58 am
Phil Jackson – Never Won One NBA Title Unless He Had Atleast TWO (2) NBA All-Stars on his roster.
Virtually any NBA coach could win, if he had Michael Jordan – Kobe Bryant – Scottie Pippen AND Shaquille Oneal. Four NBA Hall of Fame Players – Even I could win with that team.
Here is undisputed proof:
Remember when MJ retired, Phil Jackson’s teams didn’t even get to the NBA Finals. They lost twice in the Eastern Conference Finals. Jordan returns to the NBA and then “majically”, the Championship Rings return.
I am not a Hater – Jackson is indeed a great coach.
However, he is not any better than several other great coaches. He is just extremely fortunate to get to sit and watch Jordan and Kobe and Shaq perform amazing feat severy year – and him get the credit for it. (If Phil had won or even reached the finals once without Jordan, THEN he and his boosters would have something to boast about.)
Email Profiling Is Wrong
March 15th, 2012
10:22 am
Whether Jeremy Lin is the real deal or just the latest fast food for Sports Illustrated and ESPN to feed we sports fans, Carmello Anthony will be the death of the Knicks.
He sucks the energy out of any offense of which he’s a part and he’s a defensive liability. He’s not particularly athletic and he doesn’t make his teammates better.
No coincidence the Knicks record was better when he was out. And as a previous post stated, the Nuggets are much better without him.
nate from detroit
March 15th, 2012
10:28 am
As much as I loathe watching the NBA, I actually watched approx 15 min of the Knicks on TV the other night. I saw Melo on more than one occasion demonstrably pout and quit on plays when he didn’t get the ball when he thought he should. When this happened, the next time he would get the ball in his hands a shot was going up no matter what. Melo, while very talented, strikes me as a me first, prima donna that I wouldn’t want to play with or attempt to coach. Good luck Woodie, attitude wise Melo is J Smith on steroids. Of course that’s just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Jimmy Crack
March 15th, 2012
10:35 am
Easy transition for Woodson…From ISO Joe all day to ISO Melo all day.
If anything he will teach them some defense to go along with Carmelo’s 11 for 30 shooting nights.
tia keane
March 15th, 2012
10:35 am
who is the new head coach for the new york knicks
Ted M
March 15th, 2012
10:41 am
Jeff – Did you pick the picture? Just curious. Ted
doc
March 15th, 2012
11:40 am
should be interesting to watch. doubt woody gets to stay to really deal with media.
iso-melo attack?
amare becomes josh smith watching melo
can chandler be the center/defender woody never had
does bibby teach lin how to give up the ball and stand at the three point line
does lin merely become the reincarnation of acie and be buried behing the vet davis?
many questions but wo ody has a lot of really good pieces to get er dun with.
he might succeed if he doesnt call many time outs to design plays because they never worked unless iso-melo is on because that will be it.
Tradition
March 15th, 2012
12:25 pm
Since it took him 3 years to land another NBA job- as an assistant I might add, Woody may want to expand his lack of respect plea beyond ATL to the entire NBA nation.
John
March 15th, 2012
1:08 pm
I thought the Hawks and Woodson needed to part ways when they did, but he is not a terrible coach. Big name hirings have been awful for the Knicks. I actually could see them finishing the season strong and the Knicks removing the Interim tag. I hope they do and I hope he does well. I don’t see any reason to root against Mike Woodson.
John
March 15th, 2012
1:10 pm
Tradition,
This is only his second season not being the Hawks coach. I would bet that he was not looking for a job last season because he could easily be an assistant anywhere. Notice D’Antoni hired him as his top assistant. I am not a Woody lover but he is not a terrible coach.
osh
March 16th, 2012
5:44 pm
go Woody, thanks for all you did for the Hawks. good luck in NY!
Admirable Snackbar
March 18th, 2012
8:32 am
NY 30 under Woody.
“Coach Woodson, he’s more of – he’s a player’s coach,” Stoudemire said. “It’s a matter of us as players playing hard for him and trying to get these wins.”
Seems you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Admirable Snackbar
March 18th, 2012
8:32 am
NY 3-0 under Woody.
LOL
March 19th, 2012
4:17 pm
Knicks going from bad to worse in a hurry with Woodson.
LOL
March 19th, 2012
4:18 pm
How do some guys keep getting jobs?