Chattin’ live! Babineaux, coordinators, Woodson, Wren!

It’s live chat time, and we’ll keep going until 1 p.m. You’re free to ask anything and everything, but I thought I’d start the festivities with a few topic suggestions, some of which came from you. (Thanks!)

• Would Georgia be better served hiring a Big Name defensive coordinator or looking for a guy from a smaller school whose profile is substantially lower? Brian VanGorder came from Central Michigan, did he not? (Then again, so did Willie Martinez.)

• The Hawks are 17-6. Mike Woodson is a lame duck, at least at the moment. Should that be remedied soon, or would Rick Sund be better off waiting until May/June to work a new deal? (But what if Woodson becomes a hot commodity after leading the Hawks to the Eastern Conference finals — don’t laugh — and leaves to take another job?)

• Can the Falcons win these final three games? Can they win another game? And if they end up 8-8 or worse, is the season a refutation of the Dimitroff/Smith Method? (I say no, but maybe that’s just me.)

• I have a Hall of Fame ballot. Should I vote for Mark McGwire? Should I write in Greg Norton’s name?

• Bobby Cox is approaching his final season. Will he work extra hard on nicknames for this last go-around?

• Tech basketball: Like what you’ve see so far?

• A submission from Daniel: Does playing Jonathan Babineaux the same week he was arrested give lie to the Falcons’ claims of being a character-first organization?

• A submission from Heath: Kennesaw State football — great idea or non-starter?

• Does Frank Wren know what he’s doing? Will Derek Lowe be traded? Should Derek Lowe be traded?

• Will it get even better for Paul Johnson and Tech, or is 11-2 the summit?

OK, there’s 10 ideas. We can discuss all, some or none. But I will make one request: Having said that you’re free to ask anything/everything, I’ll affix one asterisk. I’d rather not talk about Michael Vick. I’m tired of that one. I expect you are, too.

And with that, the figuarative microphone is open. I’m listening, Seattle Atlanta. (Sorry. Watched “Frasier” one time too many.)

457 comments Add your comment

braves95

December 20th, 2009
6:49 pm

I really think the Braves are going to get Nady for 1st and Ankeil for CF.

braves95

December 20th, 2009
6:52 pm

SMOKIN JO

December 21st, 2009
8:35 am

Man….I will be ready for ya-all Media pregame…..I jus smoke me a few jumbo blunts…I gots da same con-ditch-in as ma boy Ricky Williams dus.

Big Cox

December 21st, 2009
8:37 am

‘I MIGHT BLOW A FEW BUT I DON’T CHOKE ON THE BIG ONES!”

jimmy

December 21st, 2009
3:21 pm

thanks mark i’m really enjoying this

Braves fan since '66

December 22nd, 2009
7:06 am

Don’t write in McGwire and quit making comments about Greg Norton. The comments about Norton make you less than you are.

Matty72780

December 22nd, 2009
12:25 pm

The Braves are in a position to compete especially having thrown out a rotation with Vazquez, Hanson, Jurrjens, Hudson and Lowe. That’s pretty solid not to mention Kawakami. This trade for Melky is just TERRIBLE.

What is Wren doing!? The only thing he has done is gotten us McLouth who hasnt dont much thus far. Francouer didnt produce as expected but we let him go for nothing. Going from Soriano/Gonzalez to Wagner/Saito is a downgrade, it made us older and probably worse. And in all that, they lost a first round draft pick and only gained the O’s second rounder. Garbage.

This Vasquez deal stinks. I mean you have to like the prospects we got, but when the team is in a position to compete this season it makes no sense to deal a guy who was one of the best three or four pitchers in the league last year for a fourth outfielder and two prospects. What happened to getting a “big bat” for a pitcher? Is a .269 batting Avg and 13 homers Wren’s idea of a big bat?

Hopefully Heyward gets up and just kills it! Until then, Wren is killing me softly! I was hoping to send Cox of into the sunset with a championship, and unless this is part 1 of a 2 part trade we are moving in the opposite direction! Thanks for letting me vent, haha.