Comments on: Mike Woodson Slams Jon Barry And His Comments On The Hawks

By: SportsDiva

SportsDiva — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:53:54 +0000

First off, most of the commenters on this site couldn’t coach a grown man out of a potato sack. Those of you who have coached an NBA team, feel free to comment on how to get a young, inexperienced team to game 7 with the Celtics last year and to the second round of the playoffs this year. If you think your sports knowledge is astute because you can predict LeBron James, arguably the most dangerous hardwood weapon of our time, can lead a team to beat the Hawks then you are no more prophetic about sports than my grandma who thought Michael Jordan was a shoe salesman. I’m not sure if you think Woodson can turn water into wine while repairing the international banking crisis as well. I think a coach’s ability should not only be measured by victories, but by progress. If you start with no playoff hopes and end in the second round, I think that’s pretty damn good.

Now to Jon Barry. I enjoy snappy commentary, but he was disrespectful. These are professional athletes, not prison guards playing Cell Block D. There’s a difference between being colorful and being a kook.

By: Jordan T

Jordan T — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:06:12 +0000

One final thought Mike Woodson isn’t even the best Coach is his Division.. Flip in Washington Yung Pat Riley aka Eric Spolestra are ahead of him.. If Mike Woodsen was in the West he would be eatin ALIVE by the likes of Pop in San Antonio Jerry Sloan in Utah Nate Mcmillan in Portland Rick Adelman in Houston George Karl in Denver Phil Jack in LA … I put him in the Mike Dunleavy class of Coaches…

By: Jordan T

Jordan T — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:27 +0000

The Cavs are very Capable of sweeping tbe Hawks.. The Hawks have no Center so Big Z is gonna get his.. Joe Johnson can score but he doesnt have da killer instinct of the elite two guards 1. MJ 2. Kobe 3. Brandon Roy.. Yes I put the youngster up der.. Josh Smith wont get away wit da horrible showtime impressions.. dont do the dunk if u cant finish.. Top two players who have “Jordan” mentallity of if u piss me off I will scorch ur team.. Kobe and Lebron… The Hawks have a gimpy Marvin Williams nd Mo Williams will destroy Mike Bibby.. And who will guard KING JAMES??? Atlanta has no one.. Coaching Mike Brown out coaches MIke Woodsen in his sleep.. And Jon Barry gets paid for his opinion get over it.. THE ATL commentator from the radio is IGNORENT i dont think he knows the definition of thuggery he may want to look it up next time before he looks like an idiot.. Wade must not suck that bad he has more rings than all 12 ATL players and well in a Series of D-Wade vs The ATL D-wade took it to 7 games with no LEGITIMATE offensive help.. The Hawks lack the mentallity and the Coaching for this Postseason.. They are a good young team wit a bright future.. They just need better coaching untill then they are a Second tier team in the East..

By: Alveezy

Alveezy — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:27:04 +0000

Jon Barry says a lot of things for sheer shock value. What did he do in his career that was significant enough to even be a analyst? At best he was a 3rd tier player and spot up shooter(wide open), AT BEST.

Back on topic I seriously doubt the Cavs sweep ATL. The Hawks are pretty tough at home and they could easily take 1 if not both of the games in Atlanta. I see this series going 6 games.

By: Raymond Paddock

Raymond Paddock — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:11:37 +0000

I have to agree Nel-1. Jim Rome is a idiot and probably has never even played high school sports. He just wrote about it.

By: Dude

Dude — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:04:37 +0000

Did Woodson ever play in the league?

By: No to Woodson

No to Woodson — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:26:02 +0000

Several of you are on target. As a Hawks fan I almost wish they had lost Game 7 just to see Mike go away.

We was Joe Johnson unsuccessful the first six games? Poor offensive scheme that ran him into double teams, and the scheme does not call for anyone else to move away from the ball or space to receive a pass. All isolations, no movement.

Why did he go off for 27 in Game 7, he broke away from the play calling and shot 3s when he had space from a defender. The floor opened up.

Love Joe Johnson, but note that the Hawks had Boris Diaw and Woodson never figured out how to use him and sat him at the end of the bench. What was he in Phoenix, Most Improved Player? Scores double doubles in Charlotte.

The Hawks personnel was not so bad that a good coach would not have gotten more wins or at least seen the younger players improve faster under a better coach. Let’s not ignore the staff either… Get rid of Larry Drew, Bob Bender, and the rest of the assistant coaches.

By: John Azzan

John Azzan — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:08:00 +0000

Jon Barry who? This guy is a moron and has never made sense with any of his analyzing. He is as bad of a commentator as he was a player. Now I am not saying that the Hawks are a great team but what I am going to say is that Mike Woodson needs to be given respect as a coach.Prior to his arrival the Hawks were consistently in the bottom 3 of the league for 7 + years and had a top 3 pick. Since his arrival the Hawks have improved year over year in terms of wins and made the playoffs the last 2 years. All this with pretty much the same roster. Now tell me again who is John Barry?

By: NIN Rocket

NIN Rocket — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:52:14 +0000

Barry sounds like he’s PO’d that the Hawks won. He must have lost some dough betting against them. Serves him right.

Barry played basketball? New to me.

By: hugh davis

hugh davis — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:15:12 +0000

Barry’s comments are hardly anything to write about. So you give him a lot of credit for being brave and giving his opinions. So what? I can tell you have a bias against the Atlanta Coach, relishing in the fact that when he loses to Cleveland, he will be fired. I hope you are wrong, because there were several teams, at last count, that didn’t even make the playoffs. Many fans believe that Woodson has done a great job. You should try and do the same.