I’ve spent more than $5k in tickets to take the family to Thrashers and Hawks games this season, including $600+ tonight…So if it weren’t for fans like me, there wouldn’t even be major sports franchises in this town. Get it? And it’s certainly not wise for a team to fold up like an accordian and alienate those who are paying their salaries.

Ever had your 5-yr old son ask you why his favorite team and players don’t seem to be playing as hard as the Cleveland players and they don’t even look like they’re trying to win the game??? Yeah, lots of fun there…Maybe I should thank the Hawks for that one, huh?

I’ve been going to Hawks games since College Night 1982…And I’ve seen more unique types of disappointment with this franchise than Carter has little pills. However, this was a new one for me. Even the Hawks players (the ones who care) used words like “Humiliating” and “Embarrassing” and claimed it wouldn’t have made a difference if they were at 100% strength BECAUSE OF THE EFFORT (or lack of) THEY GAVE.

This team is HISTORY…It just imploded in a different way. They DID look like their Manhood was challenged and they responded better tonight. But ask yourself why J-Smoove was quoted in Sat’s AJC saying:

“This series starts for us now, on our floor…We were just trying to steal a game at their place. That was our goal. And we came up short.”

WHEN WILL SOMEONE ON A HAWKS TEAM SAY, “Our GOAL is to win it all…Everything…And we aren’t going to settle for less!” Team goals of having home court in the 1st Round and “stealing” a game in Round 2? Really, now how are “true Hawks fans” supposed to reward a team that sets such lofty goals for itself??? Please tell me…

It’s now SIX blowout losses in 10 playoff games…Starters who show up some days and phone it in other days…A coach who can’t get his players to do what he tells them to do…And backstabbing locker room talk for whoever will listen…YET THE FANS STILL SHOW UP. Go figure.

I guess we’re a glutton for punishment. Or maybe we just believe in the Hawks players more than they believe in themselves. But I tell ya…After nearly 3 DECADES of crap like this, maybe I won’t spend my 5 Large next year. It’s really starting to get old.

GAME THREE – We show up looking like a playoff team full of energy and playing for the home crowd as we do so well. Great game but we lose in the final minute because of missed free throws.

GAME FOUR – The Hawks refused to get swept and actually blow out the Cavs.

GAME FIVE – Its over by the end of first quarter and we lose saying goodbye to the playoffs. Josh Smith sits the whole second half.

OFF SEASON – Woodson is giving a key to the city of Atlanta and a three year extension.

NOW YOU KNOW!!!

playoff minutes,during regular season..kobe is nowhere in the top 25,lol..joe is a shooter who can score,but he is not a scorer who can shoot..scorer’s shoot regardless and put up 40 shots to make 10,but they don’t get down on having a bad night,but,joe does..unconscious is the word im looking for when your a scorer,you forget the bad night or bad shot and keep it coming..most great ones shoot their way out of bad nights..when joe has a bad game,it lingers on and becomes a SLUMP..
would i trade him? no!!
he is what he is,and the hawks are trying to make him into something he is not..let him shoot,pass,create,come off the screen,and even have him come off the bench..can u imagine letting him be your 6th or 7th man..
its not who starts but who finishes..and to be honest with u,joe would not mind by coming off the bench and not being looked at as being THE MAN!!! its not knocking him,he is just a humbled team player,which is great to have..

2nd,if woody brings in horford and williams to spell the other guys and not try to start them and to play quality but limited roles,then we’d be ok..he then would have to add them into a bigger lineup with both solo,and morris against the bigger bodies up front to match up with cleveland.
and then from the jump we need to establish the inside game,get some fouls on the cavs beef up front from the beginning and let it play out from there..thomas gardner and othello hunter deserves more increased playing time starting tonight..
if joe can’t go,then u start flip at sg where he belongs,and u bring in law and gardner as the reserves for bibbs and flip..

hunter/morris/zsa,will make up the subs for horford/evans/and smith..
with williams playing spot duty here and there for defense..he can still move,its just his shooting wrist..

initiate a drive to the hoop 1st gameplan,and don’t be afraid to sit josh down when he is taking those wild shots..

starting the 2nd period,leave mario in the game against mo williams,and Assign him the duty of slowing him down as he brings the ball up court and play in his pants the whole night..

let lebron shoot as much as he wants from the outside,just cut him off as he drives and play his pAssing lanes when he drives to the hole..

and finally,call plays for othello/solo down low..it won’t hurt..