There is first love, and there is Zaza Pachulia love
by hawksdawgs on May 25, 2010 10:44 PM EDT
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PrintWell, it appears I was more attached to Mike Woodson than I ever knew.
Because friends, after over three years of blogging, thinking, writing, ranting, internet surfing, box score perusing, twitter creating, comment debating, and odd new ways of talking about the same exact thing, it is time for me to hang up my blogging hat.
It is nothing you did, and surprisingly, it is nothing Mike Woodson did. I just recently finished graduate school (yes, all those horrible grammar mistakes came from someone who now has a Masters degree), and my new job is going to take all my focus. And so, it is sadly time to exit.
I must admit, I am proud of what I leave behind. 3,044 tweets, 4,473 comments, 167 fanshots, and 802 posts have helped make Peachtree Hoops a place for Atlanta Hawks fans to talk about the team in an intelligent and entertaining way, but what I am most proud of is something I had nothing to do with and is the exact reason why I am comfortable leaving and excited to come back, and that is you. Peachtree Hoops now has almost 1,000 registered users and over 82,000 page views a month, and you are what makes this blog great.
So really this is a post of thanks. Thank you for reading what I wrote and for some of you actually finding it worthy to comment on (or so unworthy that it needed to be commented on). Thanks for making an 82 game schedule actually seem new and refreshing. Thank you for making me laugh. Thank you for helping me understand basketball better. And thank you for making me a better fan. I set out to express my love for Zaza Pachulia and you allowed it to be so much more. I could say thank you again, and it would not be enough, but thank you is all I have. So thank you.
I leave the site in very capable hands, more capable than my own, in the Human Highlight Blog. This site will certainly not miss a beat, and that is not false humility, but simply the truth that it has moved far beyond the skill of one man. You make Peachtree Hoops great now. I can't wait to continue to contribute to this community in a different way.
And at the risk of looking even more pretentious than I already do and taking this far more seriously than I should, I want to thank a few people specifically. So thank you to SBNation for taking my average content and making it seem like a legitimate voice because of the support and distribution you provide, to Jason Walker for coming on board and helping to create the best content and traffic numbers this site has ever seen. to my friend John who refused to comment on the site but gave me tickets to games and ideas for what to write about, to all those who read my Hawks thoughts since Zaza's Playground and before, to Bret LaGree for letting me take over for him here and challenging me to be a better writer with every post he published, to Micah Hart for making Hawks bloggers feel like they have a voice, to Larry for good fights and good post fight handshakes, to CoCo for actually going from blogger to friend, to Bronn for some of the most insightful posts and comments on the blog, to Duff Man for the humor, to JE Skeets and Henry Abbot for making me feel like a real writer, to the AJC (especially Michael Cunningham, Jeff Schultz, Sekou Smith, and Mark Bradley) for providing content and quotes and taking me (moderately) seriously, to anyone that ever made a comment, sent me an email, put me in the reader feed, or just read a post, and to Hawks fans the only reason I ever wrote anything was because I was one of you and I am proud to say I still am. Thank you.
I will be back. Maybe in a post here and there. Maybe in the comments. I am not turning in my Hawks card, I am just taking my freedom back to be even more bias. I feel we have created a community here, and I do not plan to leave it any time soon. Until then, please remember, there is first love, and there is Zaza Pachulia love.
Go Hawks!
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I'm sad
but at least we’re still Facebook friends. I will certainly miss your voice Drew, you made me laugh in the midst of angst if that makes sense. I still expect to hear something from you when they make a decision on Joe and when the hire Woody’s replacement. Be well.
@cocoqt81
I am beside myself.
Drew, this site is one of my favorites. You will be missed. Seriously, thanks for giving us fans an entertaining and informative forum to share all our thoughts and one-liners. I have become a better fan because of the insight at Peachtreehoops.
You’re one of the good ones. Thanks for the hard work. Congrats on finishing your Masters. Please don’t be a stranger. We’ll keep an aisle seat warm for you.
PS: Thanks for the mention. I’m glad I can participate and entertain.
PPS: I know this happened because Zaza re-named ENO (by Zaza). I just know it. DAMN YOU, SHRIMP BOAT!!!
Congrats Drew
We’ll miss you way, way more than we’ll miss Woody
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Take it easy boss.
It’s been a lot of fun reading your work and being a part of your community. Good luck!
Yeah, congratulations
Your blog, along with Hoopinion and a few others have really enhanced my Hawks fanhood and I’d like to thank you for that.
Just curious, what’d you get your Masters in?
before
here i only had ESPN comments section to vent and talk to other Hawks fans and that was truly horrible. When i found this blog it was amazing interact with other reasonable smart fans. Good luck Drew with all your future endeavors. I will always love Zaza more because of this blog we will miss you and we will try not to tear this place apart lol
In the words of Hawks fans after a Smoove jump shot
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Watching Bobby Cox pick boogers since 1995
by a hooter's baby on May 26, 2010 12:58 AM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Exactly. This is the first thought that entered my head when I read you were leaving.
You are the man.
by get swoll yunel on May 27, 2010 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Congrats Drew
Your contributions will surely be missed, best of luck to you.
http://soaringdownsouth.com/
congrats drew and I will miss you
Can’t stress enough the knowledge I have learned here from you and fellow bloggers. good luck and I hope to see you in the mix of some heated debtates very soon
IF YOU CANT ACCEPT LOSING, YOU CANT WIN.
by Hawksgirl on May 26, 2010 7:08 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
wait when your gone
who will post the stories?
...in dixie land i'll take my stand to root for Atlanta
I'm three classes away from
finishing graduate school myself. Drew, it’s been an honor reading your blogs. You truly have a gift in expressing the way the fans feel. The Human Highlight blog has big shoes to fill. Hope to debate your posts in the future bro. Word hard, play hard, but the two shall never meet! Congrats and well wishes!
by Anonymous HawksGuy on May 26, 2010 9:13 AM EDT reply actions
Congratulations and thanks!
I’ll miss your style, Drew. Always fun and funny along with serious insight and informed passion. I hope you got your master’s in something in the humanities so you can continue to express your creativity.
Awwww
After lurking here for a year, I decided to actually register so my first post could say how sad this makes me. Anyway, congratulations, and good luck!
Congratulations
both on your work here and elsewhere in your life. I think the key to blogging is under-employment so this is surely a wise (and graceful) move.
Congrats
hopefully grad school will be over with for me too in two years. Still, it won’t be the same without cha…..then again it might, lol THHB will do fine like always. Good luck with the new job!
Atlanta will win a championship....someday
Gosh, this is worse than when Tom Hanks lost Wilson.
Really going to miss having Drew here. Now where will we go for completely unfettered, uncensored Zaza love?
marvin's ladies of the night
was and will always be here in spirit supporting hawksdawgs.
Go Hawks and Go draft beer.
by marvin's ladies of the night on May 26, 2010 3:41 PM EDT reply actions
Just when I thought all bad hawks' news was over :(
1.Brandon Graham 1.Charles Brown 2. Vladimir Ducasse 3.Torell Troup 4.Robert Johnson 6.Mike Kafka 6.Joshua Moore 7.Alex Daniels
this is bad
This is worse than the Game 5 no-effort loss to the Deer and the Game 1 43-point loss to the Magic combined. Good-bye and good luck, man.
The future is the present. Jason Heyward has arrived.
Good luck in your new endeavors
Your posts have made me a better informed fan, and forever turned me away from the blackhole that is the espn comments section. Good luck and congratulations on the masters.
Good luck on your job
Always good to get a job in this economy. But HawksDawgs, you do good on this site with great sense of humor, who says blog mastering and working are mutually exclusive? Keep at it. This is what life is :)
On the good news front, Human highlight does a great job too. And now we may hear less good Zaza stories – lol, which is also good.
Ok, Bibby was better than Teague
is that what will do it…I mean – I didn’t know that this meant so much to you that you’d RETIRE!!! My goodness man – talk about taking it too far :) Drew, you will be greatly missed. I loved our blog wars if for no other reason than the fact that you understood that it clearly was in trying to understand our Hawks and to make fun out of writing the same things week in and week out.
You will be forever in my thoughts whenever Bibby gets blown by in less than .003 seconds off the dribble. Best wishes to you in your new endeavors!
HawksStr8Talk
THHB is certainly more than capable of carrying the torch here, but never capable of replacing the ultimate Zaza fan.
I am certain that you will be posting from time to time, and expect to see some Woody free ranting next season.
Go Hawks!
Go Jackets!
and to Hell with Georgia!
Congratulations, and God bless, with your new endeavors.
thank you and good luck
now tell me, who’s gonna be on my side when everybody starts screaming “bench bibby”?
i will miss you.
Zaza's Playground for life!
One of the original readers from way back, I feel like a close friend is moving far away. Your voice will be clearly missed Drew, but I wish you well and thank you for all that you have done for this Hawks community.
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