KB21 Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 7 hours ago, Gray Mule said: If no one knows, how come we're rated #30 in a 30 team NBA? You can't get lower than the bottom! (Maybe we're better than #30 and we want to keep it a secret! Maybe #28?) They are limiting media access to hide the fact that they will be doing things to intentionally lose games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Popular Post AHF Posted September 27, 2018 Moderators Popular Post Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 9 hours ago, KB21 said: They are limiting media access to hide the fact that they will be doing things to intentionally lose games. That is silly. There is no hiding it and the players will have access to the media and always have social media so that is not an effective check anyway. This isn’t about hiding their design to lose games this year; it is about trying to control media messaging ala Belichek, Saban and others. love that Saban autocorrected to Satan btw. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted September 27, 2018 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 1 hour ago, AHF said: That is silly. There is no hiding it and the players will have access to the media and always have social media so that is not an effective check anyway. This isn’t about hiding their design to lose games this year; it is about trying to control media messaging ala Belichek, Saban and others. love that Saban autocorrected to Satan btw. Exactly. Every team has parts of practice that is open to media and parts that are closed. NBA, NFL they all do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 15 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said: Exactly. Every team has parts of practice that is open to media and parts that are closed. NBA, NFL they all do it. Well other teams beat writers are given way more to work with than ours. I am reading tons of stuff on other teams training camps. But for the Hawks? Crickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted September 27, 2018 Moderators Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 1 hour ago, bleachkit said: Well other teams beat writers are given way more to work with than ours. I am reading tons of stuff on other teams training camps. But for the Hawks? Crickets. We haven't had an active beat writer for the better part of a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleachkit Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 11 minutes ago, AHF said: We haven't had an active beat writer for the better part of a decade. What good is having one when management does not give them the lattitude to cover the them? "Controlling the narrative" is so overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg01 Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, bleachkit said: What good is having one when management does not give them the lattitude to cover the them? "Controlling the narrative" is so overrated. For the past few years, I'd say the Hawks were pretty good about being media friendly. I'm leaning to inept writers as the reason for the lack of coverage but that's just my eggspert opinion. I mean, what benefit is there to the Hawks being more secretive? Don't get me wrong, I'm not eggsactly leading the CLP bandwagon but dude is light years better with the media than Buttz ever was. No need to keep him under wraps. On that note, hopefully the refs won't absolutely punk our coach the way they have the past several years. I always thought Buttz was a decent enough guy, but the refs hated that man. Hated him. We caught no breaks from them dudes and this was before the supposed Buttz-bumping the ref incident. It was almost comical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted September 27, 2018 Moderators Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 30 minutes ago, bleachkit said: What good is having one when management does not give them the lattitude to cover the them? "Controlling the narrative" is so overrated. I guess I'm not seeing New England or Alabama beat writers struggling to come up with material. This rule has been in place for roughly a month now? Not sure how much change we will see in practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5 Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 We've gone through multiple owners, GMs, and coaches without having a fraction of the coverage most teams get. The city doesn't care about the team so the people with access don't bother reporting on the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member JayBirdHawk Posted September 27, 2018 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 1 hour ago, bleachkit said: What good is having one when management does not give them the lattitude to cover the them? "Controlling the narrative" is so overrated. Michael Cunnigham from the AJC was the beat writee last year, took over from C-Viv, so far this season I haven't seen one thing of note from MC. C-Viv has provided more 'content' so far. They do a piss poor job of covering team as it is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HawkItus Posted September 28, 2018 Report Share Posted September 28, 2018 ATLANTA HAWKS New leadership role for Taurean Prince not a challenge because of his childhood Chris Kirschner Sep 28 Taurean Prince is ready to take on a larger role with the Atlanta Hawks entering his third season in the NBA. Poetry has been part of Omari Spellman's life since his 'eighth-grade crisis' Chris Kirschner Sep 27 12 Atlanta Hawks rookie Omari Spellman uses poetry to express himself and says that will continue as he moves through adulthood. Vince Carter plans to enjoy his time with Hawks, however long that will be Tori McElhaney Sep 25 1 Atlanta is the seventh team Vince Carter has played for during his NBA career, which began with the 1998-99 season. Last man standing: Kent Bazemore on being final player from 60-win Hawks team Chris Kirschner Sep 25 3 Kent Bazemore is entering his fifth season with the Atlanta Hawks, who finished with 60 wins in Bazemore's first season in 2014-15. Lloyd Pierce focusing on '10-game clump' with his young Hawks roster Tori McElhaney Sep 21 4 Trae Young not feeling pressure but has lofty goals for rookie season with Hawks Chris Kirschner Sep 6 5 Wait, Vince Carter is a Bucs fan? 'Forever,' he says after visiting team Greg Auman Aug 31 In moving to Atlanta, Vince Carter eschews ring chasing for career building Jon Krawczynski Aug 27 8 Vince Carter explains why he joined Hawks and why retirement may not come after this season Chris Kirschner Aug 25 6 Daniel Hamilton, Alex Poythress plan to use G League experiences to grow as players Chris Kirschner Aug 21 3 John Collins is ready to apply what he's learned and continue to expand his game Chris Kirschner Aug 16 Is Atlanta finally destined for a championship parade (or more)? Jeff Schultz Aug 15 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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