Pistons fire Flip Saunders

At least according to the ESPN scroll.

 

Let me ask this...he takes the Pistons to the conference finals and they fire him. WTF? Is there more to this than I'm aware of? I'll readily admit I know next to nothing about the Pistons.

 

He should have coached his players to stay healthy.

He is no Larry Brown. That's what did him in.

 

According to the Freep too...
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080603/SPORTS03/80603068

 

I wonder at what point do they finally make Tom Izzo an offer he can't (but should anyway) refuse...

 

He's horrible at adjusting in timeouts/quarter-time/halftime. He's routinely out-coached in the post-season.

I also get the feeling some of the players don't respect him or listen to him.

In 2006 he couldn't get by the Cavs, who were worse than they are now and the Pistons were as good if not better than they are now.

They same could be said for last year.

Detroit's been deeper, better balanced and more experienced than the Cavs two years running but lost.

Twice against the Celtics the Pistons blew big leads. The Pistons were outscored 29-13 in the fourth on Friday.

Flip's a good regular season coach, a terrible post-season coach.

I think he'd make a terrific assistant coach.

 

Exactly. I've been saying it for three years...ever since Mike fucking Brown outcoached him the year the Pistons got past the Cavs. They did it despite Saunders.

 

Thanks for the explanations, folks. I still have quite a bit to learn about the NBA's Eastern Conference.

 

When they win, they win despite him.

Sustained in-game focus from that bunch is a sometime thing.

 

Pistons need to make some changes anyway.

Trading 'Sheed and maybe Tayshaun would be a good start.

 

Gee I wonder who

No, he's not; he didn't spend half the season (and the playoffs) trolling for other jobs with other franchises, he didn't tank games on purpose to make his GM look bad, and he didn't turn in a couple of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the sport of basketball.

If Dumars and the Pistons really want Larry Brown, I am sure he'd be happy to bust another contract and make the jump. All it takes is cash.

 

I said this when they hired him; He will never stand a chance with that roster.

Izzo should get the first phone call, and if he goes, Skiles needs to start house-hunting in East Lansing, pronto.

Yeah.....a hell of a long way from here to there, but........