Woodson's tenure unusual til the end

ATLANTA -- There was a certain irony to the post-game eulogies after the Orlando Magic put the Hawks out of their misery Monday night. On the hand, you had Joe Johnson, knowing the team wanted him to stay but hinting that he was probably gone, slipping into the past tense to talk about his time with the Hawks before returning to the dreaded it's-a-business-speak that precedes all free-agent departures. And on the other, you had Mike Woodson, who wanted to stay but knew he was a goner. He weirdly declined to come to the podium and gave his final interview as coach of the Hawks from the comfort of his office, where he said he'd love to come back and gave one final defense of his track record as Hawks' coach. Obviously, Woodson knew the feeling wasn't mutual, and today we learned the Hawks had let him go after six years. We can't say "fired" because Woodson's contract expires on Monday and he's technically becoming a free agent, but in effect it...