Childress:"I'm Just Angry Man!" <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The first sign that things could go terribly wrong for the Hawks on Wednesday night was when Spirit the Hawk, the team's mascot, decided that his pre-tipoff flight from high above the Philips Arena luxury suites to a handler's arm courtside wasn't worth the energy. The home team showed a similar indifference toward the game early, as the Hawks were undressed for the second night in a row, this time a 96-74 beating at the hands of the Miami Heat before a star-studded crowd of 16,029. The Hawks rolled up a season-low 12 first-quarter points, let the equally lethargic Heat take its time warming up and then proceeded to sleepwalk through the rest of the game as they dropped their third game in a row, their first to an Eastern Conference foe this season. Even when they cut the Heat's lead to seven with seven minutes to play, it was the Hawks' obligatory, face-saving run and not really a potential game-winning comeback. "The same thing happened last night in the fourth quarter," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said of Tuesday's 100-85 loss in Houston. "It's disappointing." Disappointing doesn't begin to explain it. Even without the league's most dominant force on the floor, the Hawks were unable to do anything more than annoy the Heat. "It's just like winning all the time," said Hawks reserve forward Josh Childress, who slammed the ball to the floor as the final seconds ticked off the clock Wednesday night. "When you're winning all the time you seem to win even when you don't play your best. And now that we're losing, it's like we can't even muster the energy to play well enough for an extended period of time. And even when we do, we still lose. "That's the disheartening thing. We're practicing hard, we're working hard and we're just not seeing the results on the floor. I'm just angry, man, angry that we're playing like this." He'll have to get in line. The Hawks locker room was full of scowls and vacant looks. "We just have to pick up the pieces and get back to work because this thing can only get better," said Hawks point guard Joe Johnson, who shot 4-for-14 from the floor and finished with 13 points, six assists and three rebounds. "Right now we're just not on the same page as a team, and it's killing us every night." </div> Source
you know what? childress doesn't get to talk. he's basically sucked so far this season. maybe if he was playing the way he was at the end of last year, this wouldnt be happening.
