Comments on The Human Highlight Blog: Free Agency, Day (Minus) 1

Ha--Good point and rant, TF---

2009-06-30T13:02:22.713-04:00

Ha--Good point and rant, TF---

I'm not talking about what the players think, ...

2009-06-30T12:58:06.621-04:00

I'm not talking about what the players think, they are gonna sign with whoever gives them the most money 9 times out of ten. It's just the way that the hawks somehow became everyone in the media just dismisses everything the Hawks do.

If, say, the Warriors had the season and postseason the Hawks did, people would just talk about what a great story they are, but when the Hawks do it it's somehow less of an accomplishment or it was just luck because it's Atlanta.

Both franchises have been just as disfunctional. But the Hawks still take the brunt of the critisism. Based on how wrong th information I usually hear about the Hawks is I bet nobody but the people that directly cover the team (Sekou, Lang), even have sources on the Hawks. They just spin whatever story they write with a negative angle and call it a day

/turns emo mods off and ends rant

Well--that's the buzz around the league about ...

2009-06-30T09:17:37.304-04:00

Well--that's the buzz around the league about ownership, and you can bet that the source of that information comes from the locker room and the employees themselves.

Now, yes, you are right about the payroll, but it's the rep that hurts.

The Childress negotiations and how long it took to get Josh signed are recent example of things that players look at as well.

Not saying it's 100 percent right, but there is the reality of the Hawks rep.

I'm so sick of hearing people in the media bas...

2009-06-30T01:00:16.805-04:00

I'm so sick of hearing people in the media bash the Hawks. We were pretty close to the Luxury tax line last year which puts us in the same position as roughly 80% of the teams in the NBA.

Sure we Didn't spend much money when we were bad, but why spend allot of money when your not going to when anyway. That doesn't make the Hawks Cheap, it makes them Financially responsible. I'd like someone to give me one example of the hawks losing a player cause we were to cheap.