Hawks Won't Bring Back Mike Woodson

[The Regime]

Mike Woodson will not be back with the Hawks following a disappointing four-game sweep at the hands of the Magic in the semifinals.

 

Woodson spent six seasons with Atlanta.

 

Woodson was informed in a Friday morning meeting with Atlanta management that that he would not be offered a new contract, according to Sekou Smith of NBA.com

 

An official announcement is expected Friday afternoon.

 

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[Poe]

He seems to have done a good job over the years. We'll see how this decision affects the team.

[Cobb]

It was the right move.

 

Maybe this is a positive sign that Sund is working fast. Took like four days?

 

Best of luck to Woodson wherever he ends up.

[Mentch]

wow, haven't posted in this forum in a while lol

 

but anyways, the hawks were crap before he got there, at least he managed to turn them into a respectable NBA franchise

[Mentch]

I would say he's like the Wayne Fontes of the NBA

 

Fontes was a head coach of the Lions from '87-'96. When he was their coach, they went to the playoffs 4 times in a span of 5 years, including the NFC Championship game in 1991, and they won 2 division championships. They had only made the playoffs 4 times in the last 20 years before he was their head coach.

 

He was fired after the '96 season after a 4-2 start turned into a 6-5 record, and then the Lions lost their last 5 games and missed the playoffs at 6-10. They never won big with him, but at least he gave them consistency.

 

After he left, the Lions made the playoffs only 2 more times, and in 2000, a late-season collapse changed the franchise forever, leading it to where it is right now.

[Erick Blasco]

He gave the Hawks what they needed to become respectable, but he's not an elite coach. He takes short cuts on defense by switching everything and his team therefore is often unprepared when playing screen/roll defense that can't be switched. His offense is too predicated on one-on-one isolations. His mindset, even when his team was getting blasted defensively, was that if they made their shots everything would be A-OK.

 

The Hawks could've kept him and been a first round knockout every year (it took them seven games to beat two very ordinary playoff teams that past two years), but ownership thinks that a new coach could breed a tougher mentality. Good move.

[Cobb]

Now the search begins for a new coach. This should be interesting.

[Warren2ThaG]

[Mentch]

He gave the Hawks what they needed to become respectable, but he's not an elite coach. He takes short cuts on defense by switching everything and his team therefore is often unprepared when playing screen/roll defense that can't be switched. His offense is too predicated on one-on-one isolations. His mindset, even when his team was getting blasted defensively, was that if they made their shots everything would be A-OK.

 

The Hawks could've kept him and been a first round knockout every year (it took them seven games to beat two very ordinary playoff teams that past two years), but ownership thinks that a new coach could breed a tougher mentality. Good move.

 

Lol yeah I didn't say he was an elite coach, they never really won big or anything but at least he brought them out of a really bad period of play.

[Erick Blasco]

Lol yeah I didn't say he was an elite coach, they never really won big or anything but at least he brought them out of a really bad period of play.

 

Oh yeah. He was what they needed to develop into a respectable team. He did a good job of nurturing them. Now they need a coach who is a finisher...and a miracle worker given Atlanta's collective psyche.