Woody never had the fire or passion I wanted. He coached strictly to not lose his job at times. He mismanaged foul situations and allowed too much “me first” basketball. The Magic series was a strong indication of what happens when you refuse to make any adjustments on defense. Hell, 90 year old Hubie was ripping the switches. It became apparent that we were only going so far with Woody as coach, and I commend Sund on making the change. Woody wasn’t the worst, but we maxed out under him. A change needed to be made.

the safe thing to do, which is what sund has done in his tenure hese (RE sign bibby, RE sign zaza, both safe), would be to resign him. but we cant afford him

Was Woody really a coach that was not flexible? or did he become a victim because no coach wants to lose as bad as he lost when he had zero players and had to start from nothing.

Because of those huge losses in the first few years, Woody latched to what little rays of hope he could. Like a man that is sinking deeper and deeper in a well, and finally is thrown a rope, he latched on, and held tight, for dear life.

The little talent that was around, he used it. The game with the Celtics in playoffs, where JJ went all crazy, may have cemented it in his mind. If he did not have the talent, he would make the few around who had the talent the centerpiece of his operations, at the cost of future, at any cost of adjustment. He could hold on and get to safety or as close to it as possible Remember he was almost let go two years ago.

That series may have changed everything. It may have even made Woody force ISO Joe. It became his way out of the well.

We may very well find out Woody is a good coach at his next assignment, where he may start with some key even talent. In Atlanta, it was the right move and the easy move to do at this point. The move everyone expected. The hard part is just starting. I am not happy, but I understand and I agree.

Tom Thibodeau, Brian Shaw, Eddie Jordan, Randy Whitmann,

One thing I can definitely say about Woody-he did improve as a coach in his time with the Hawks. Some things did change marginally. During the Magic series, it was apparent at times that the strategy was to NOT switch Horford off of Howard. That constitutes an important change. The “sub out with 2 fouls” rule was much more lenient this season.

The complete lack of recognition about the team’s strength and weaknesses never changed, though.

We’ll see. There’s a chance of the next coach being even more incompetent. I’ll say this-they can’t afford to say a couple of million dollars by going cheap on a head coach. A couple of million dollars worth of players is entirely negligible, so let them spend what it takes to actually get a quality coach in here.

But you gotta ask…. How bad of a coach would Nique be???

…is probably first in line to be interviewed once those start

Let’s be real here… We don’t have a Championship team right now. A new/better coach could improve our chances… But in the end, we are missing a few pieces.

What do the Hawks need to
1.) Win the Eastern Conference Finals
2.) Beat Kobe in the Finals.
???

There are a lot of big name players free this summer… Who should Sund make a run for, if anyone? I’m starting to believe the speculations that management will go CHEAP again and sign Dwayne Casey, allowing Joe to leave and letting Childress take him place…
Boring at best.

Patrick Ewing! Worked with SVG so he knows defense. Hall of Fame player. Respected by players. Probably not overly expensive. Fulfills the minority interview requirement.

You guys should insist he get a chance.

how bout we get Charles Barkley as our head coach and hire Dennis Rodman as the assistant. who will want to mess with us then?

Now that I think about it, the hawks should have fired Woodson last year. It would have been better for both parties. Woodson would still be paid and can look for work and hawks could have hired a big name coach to be serious about winning a championship. When the hawks did not extend Woody a contract, that in itself was Woodson being fired without a replacement to come in. The Hawks literally cost themselves a season by not hiring a new coach instead of worrying about paying two coaches.

Now, the hawks have to find a coach, resign Joe, sign some quality pieces, and do so without any flexibility or leverage. BTW, I need to get some more sources, but I heard Woody ripped the hawks organization on NBATV