Post by The Miami Heat on Jun 19, 2008 0:42:15 GMT -5
Over the last couple of hours the Hawks have made several significant changes to the organization that will drastically shift its philosophy and reputation. The first was the mutual agreement between Radke and Rodman to have Rodman step down as head coach of the team.
“This has nothing to do with the team going 1-6 this last sim, and everything to do with Rodman not knowing how to coach. Trust me. I wouldn’t lie about this,” said Hawks GM W. Radke.
After taking over the 2001 Hawks at midseason and leading them from the 8th up to the 5th seed, Rodman has endured two horrid seasons of losing for the Hawks, which resulted in adding LeBron James, who’s not good at all yet, and Ben Gordon to the roster.
Rodman had the Hawks off to a surprising 7-4 start this season until they lost six of their last seven games.
“It was time for me to move on. I decided that this team sucked and I didn’t want my name tarnished any further by being associated with it. I only played on good teams,” said Rodman.
The next move was removing W. Radke from his role as President of basketball operations and replacing him with Dennis Rodman, formally the Atlanta Hawks head coach for 2+ seasons.
"I think this is a good fit for me," said Rodman.
Rodman’s first action as the Hawks’ President was to rehire W. Radke.
“I really thought he was going to hire me as the head coach,” said Radke.
No, Rodman did not hire Radke as the 15th head coach in team history--Radke was already the 13th coach in team history. Instead, Radke was made head, and only member, of the Hawks scouting department in Scotland.
A few hours later, Rodman announced that he plans to conduct a long, carefully scripted search for his next head coach. The leading candidates for the Hawks coaching position are:
1. Current Hawks 6th man, Christian Laettner
2. Former LBA great, Tim Hardaway
3. Former LBA GM, BJScho23
4. Current Knicks GM, Dan
5. Former LBA great, Karl Malone
Rodman plans to meet with each of the canadites sometime over the next week.
“This has nothing to do with the team going 1-6 this last sim, and everything to do with Rodman not knowing how to coach. Trust me. I wouldn’t lie about this,” said Hawks GM W. Radke.
After taking over the 2001 Hawks at midseason and leading them from the 8th up to the 5th seed, Rodman has endured two horrid seasons of losing for the Hawks, which resulted in adding LeBron James, who’s not good at all yet, and Ben Gordon to the roster.
Rodman had the Hawks off to a surprising 7-4 start this season until they lost six of their last seven games.
“It was time for me to move on. I decided that this team sucked and I didn’t want my name tarnished any further by being associated with it. I only played on good teams,” said Rodman.
The next move was removing W. Radke from his role as President of basketball operations and replacing him with Dennis Rodman, formally the Atlanta Hawks head coach for 2+ seasons.
"I think this is a good fit for me," said Rodman.
Rodman’s first action as the Hawks’ President was to rehire W. Radke.
“I really thought he was going to hire me as the head coach,” said Radke.
No, Rodman did not hire Radke as the 15th head coach in team history--Radke was already the 13th coach in team history. Instead, Radke was made head, and only member, of the Hawks scouting department in Scotland.
A few hours later, Rodman announced that he plans to conduct a long, carefully scripted search for his next head coach. The leading candidates for the Hawks coaching position are:
1. Current Hawks 6th man, Christian Laettner
2. Former LBA great, Tim Hardaway
3. Former LBA GM, BJScho23
4. Current Knicks GM, Dan
Rodman plans to meet with each of the canadites sometime over the next week.
