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Left out rb---who is right about that they better ...

2009-02-12T16:34:00.000-05:00

Left out rb---who is right about that they better start caring---they are not good enough to show up and win--they are talented, no doubt, but their defensive effort has to be there from the opening tip---fortunately, they seemed to have gotten the message the Clippers delivered to them--when will the next come though, right?

Larry--Loved your rant after this game! Parts 1 &a...

2009-02-12T16:32:00.000-05:00

Larry--Loved your rant after this game! Parts 1 & 2, though we felt like there were some unresolved questions that we fear will never see the light of Part 3--sort of like Usher's Confessions---

Ron E---We don't doubt that there are folks that will have no trouble giving them a pass on the Clips loss---just that for us it was the culmination of a slew of games that they got into the habit of starting slow defensively that caught up with them---You hope that a team would learn from that--and now it appears that they did---

--which brings us to CoCo---young teams are roller coasters---up and down is the defining trait of this team--you can tell almost from the first 4 minutes what team is there---if it's the take-the-temp team, then it's a matter of will the other team let the Hawks back into the game---the Bobcats did, the Clips most certainly did not---I prefer the team that showed up defensively against the Whizz and Pistons---surprise!!

I'm not predicting gloom and doom on this extended...

2009-02-10T14:37:00.000-05:00

I'm not predicting gloom and doom on this extended road trip. Everyone did that in the beginning of the season and they actually played quite well. The thing about this team is WE NEVER know which team is going to show up. After all of these years under the same coach this team still has no identity. I'd be fine with losses if the same team showed up and their gameplan just failed because hey that's what happens sometimes. It takes me back to the Warriors. Not that they've had a lot of success, but under Don Nelson you know exactly what kind of team they are. They are going to shoot and run and shoot really bad threes and run some more and shoot and shoot and hope to outscore you. That plan obviously will not always work, but at least you know who the Warriors are. I'd kill for the Hawks to have an identity right now, even if it were an extremely flawed one.

Great Site Guys...I am a Cavaliers Fan from Clevel...

2009-02-08T21:42:00.000-05:00

Great Site Guys...I am a Cavaliers Fan from Cleveland and have you guys linked as a reference on my blog - Shaver Sports - for all things Atlanta Hawks...feel free to check out my blog - http://shaversports.blogspot.com/ -and link it up as well if interested. Either way, keep up the good work! JD

This team is needing some kind of boost in the wor...

2009-02-08T13:52:00.000-05:00

This team is needing some kind of boost in the worst way. In case the Hawks have not been looking at the schedule, they're gonna want games like this back in the worst way when they get through the upcoming 11-game stretch: Denver, Lakers, Portland, Utah, and Detroit on the road, among others, and their only home games against Cleveland and Miami. It is ENTIRELY POSSIBLE that they could lose all 11 games after Washington!

They better start giving a damn or they'll wake up in March to find themselves looking up at lesser teams like Miami, Philadelphia, and Detroit in the standings. I'm getting a little disgusted with this. Who wants to cheer for a team that only occasionally bothers to show up?

I won't let your comment section go without an AME...

2009-02-08T13:11:00.000-05:00

I won't let your comment section go without an AMEN. Yes, I have a rant ready at Str8Talk, but getting off the plane after a week of sublimeness giddy at the thought of seeing my Hawks crush the Clippers was a serious buzzkill. What I think Ron misses is that it's not losing that brings a rant. There have been several games where I said - hey, we weren't meant to win that game, but I just watched the Bucks (sans their best player) whoop up on us at home. Now, maybe those circumstances for us allow for a loss, but they don't allow for an ass kicking. And that's what I watched last night. Be ready for the rant, but Ron E - you can give a pass if you like, but that might also be why we allow for this team to be content with mediocrity. I, for one, won't be content with mediocrity.

I'm not sure I buy that. How often would you expec...

2009-02-08T11:42:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure I buy that. How often would you expect the Hawks to win with Mike Bibby in street clothes, Joe Johnson just back (probably a day or two too soon) from the flu, and Al Horford still getting back into playing shape after a lengthy absence? Perhaps it should have been a closer game given that it was, after all, the Clippers, but I'm inclined to give the team a rare pass for this stinker.