While this loss was unbelievably frustrating, I’m not ready to smash things in my house over this one in particular.

I realized a couple of weeks ago that this team’s ceiling was a 2nd round playoff exit (again), and I still feel that way.

We still have the same limitations that we’ve always had. It’s just the great start that we got off to had us thinking that everyone had turned a corner. Well they haven’t, unfortunately.

this is the rant post. I think we ranted the same thing last game. I think I found out why the hawks play stupid. They have two bench players starting when on any other team they are tweeners. I have to be honest with myself because maybe I won’t take losses like this too personally. But we needed more veteran help on the team because OBVIOUSLY nobody is stepping up to the plate.

WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER? I’ll tell you that stupidity stepped in and reared it’s ugly head. The way this team came out a Div 2 team could have blown them out. I can’t just put this all on Woody because the players have to play some time.

The question is this and only this…..who is going to step up and be THE leader?

who let the troll in and why are you fedding him?

WHERE W.T.F. HAPPENS!!! ENUFF SAID

Everyone throw something here…ex ’thrwing lamps"

Does anybody think those red jerseys are bad luck? i mean look at their win loss with those things on

they lost more times wearing them than they have won. just pointing it out

dont get it confused i dont believe in luck either. its just these jerseys gettin a bad rep cus of them coincidentally loosing when they wear them. I happen to like the atl print on the middle of it. i was just postin this to see if any one else noticed this

Joe should be the last person catching blame on this game. Ball movement (once again) is the main reason we lost a winnable game in the fourth. Ball movement is everyone’s responsibility not one person.

The start of the game was very telling of how the night was going to go. The body language was horrific…absolutely horrible. We were going to lose just cause of that. Just because we went up 18 didn’t matter because the Warriors already gained the confidence earlier on. Good teams come out strong early on losing teams WITH ONLY 8 ACTIVE PLAYERS.

Another tell-tell sign was that three pointers by Jamal were keeping them from going on scoring droughts earlier on. We were settling way too early like the legs weren’t there in the beginning.

Our defense broke down in every way imaginable until the hawks decided to jump the passing lanes and get a few blocked shots. That 18 point lead was meaningless unless the hawks played defense, and you’ve got to have energy and passion to play defense…..so that begs the question….Can our bench actually spell anybody?.

Now I know the players and we the fans will agree that the hawks will bounce back, but what do we have to look forward to? Another Josh Smith three pointer?

This sucks.

I didn’t get to watch the game, but I was getting my text updates after every quarter.

When I saw the final score, after having seen we were up by 17 at the end of the 3rd, I honestly thought it was a mistake.

At least we arn’t the only team that blew a large 4th quarter lead tonight.

to try Marvin coming off the bench. But who’ll start in his place? Perhaps that’s what the team needs, a change. You know something different to spice things up.

And realized we had a back to back and no time to rest……..sucks. tonight game should show how tough the hawks are. please show me something

And realized we had a back to back and no time to rest……..sucks. tonight game should show how tough the hawks are. please show me something

It’s the only thing preventing a massive rampage right now.

I do think that many of those that frequent this blog are overly critical of him, most of the time.

That being said, this loss clearly lies at Woody’s feet. I see no possible, logical, rational, reasoning for the lineup that was on the floor at the end of the game. Joe, Bibby, and Jamal, should never be on the floor together at crunch time. I’d rather see Joe, Jamal, and Mario, and as much as I personaly like Mario, that senario makes me shudder. Bibby is not only shooting poorly right now, but seems to have lost his nerve to pull the trigger on the three.

Replacing him with JT would have been better, and I would like to see him get a shot at starting some games, and see if he can begin to develop some better descision making skills, running the point.

I think the better line up in that game would have been JJ, Jamal, and Marvin. Jamal can handle the ball well enough, and we know Joe is going to have it in his hands at some point anyway, since the half court offense generaly runs through him. Marvin had a decent FG% for the game, brings far better defense, and while he may not be lights out shooting the three, he is better than Bibby at this time, and not too gun shy to pull the trigger.

A lot of noise has been made about “Iso Joe” losing this game, and that too is an unfair assesment. Joe was killing GS in this game, untill the 4th. So logic follows, something changed. What changed was that GS started double teaming JJ and doing it as soon as he got the ball. Before you all start shouting me down, that this was the problem, and about Joe’s refusal to pass out of the double team, let me make a point. Yes Joe needs to pass out of the double team, but the other members of the team also need to move without the ball, so that they will be in position to do two things. When you move without the ball, you need to position yourself to, (A) recieve a pass from the ball handler, and (B) score. Again, I have to point to Bibby in this case as the weakest link in this game. If he passes in to Joe, only to have his man collapse in on the double, then he either must position himself to catch and shoot the return, which he is not confident in doing at present, or he must cut to the basket, which is not his strong suit. Bibby is not the only player who does a bad job moving without the ball on offense, but in this case He was the most obvious.

Again, wrong lineup on the floor.