First Sign of the Apocolypse?

Odd for a blog about the stupidity in Atlanta sports to write about a franchise doing something right. Especially when it's Atlanta Hawks GM Billy Knight.

Local and national sports pundits are proclaiming the cruelty Knight has exhibited by forcing two assistant coaches to fulfill the remainder of their contracts after allowing them to interview for other positions. For once, I think Billy did things right. (I'm also listening for the plagues of locusts and earthquakes!)

It is a courtesy to these assistants to allow them to interview and get their name into circulation. But give people an inch, and they want a mile. My personal favorite is Larry Drew's whine. Because his son plays his senior season of basketball in LA, Drew should be allowed to go to Sacramento. That didn't seem to be so important when he was signed as the head assistant in 2004. Next year, when his son is playing in Chapel Hill, was he going to ask Sacramento to release him to go to Charlotte?

I have no sympathy for either of these coaches. They were offered lateral moves, not promotions. Did they not know the Hawks was a dysfunctional franchise? Everyone else in Atlanta did. And does.