Flip Saunders looking for a job again!

[kaorder1999]

wow...that was fast

[Phil C]

I thought he did a good job in getting them to the Eastern Finals! Good Grief!

[crzyjournalist03]

Avery Johnson to the Pistons?

[kaorder1999]

no kidding....make it to the Eastern Conference Finals for three years in a row and get fired. Im guessing they fired him because they want either D'Antoni or Johnson....

[crzyjournalist03]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
no kidding....make it to the Eastern Conference Finals for three years in a row and get fired. Im guessing they fired him because they want either D'Antoni or Johnson....

D'Antoni is already the head coach in New York.

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
D'Antoni is already the head coach in New York.

crap...forgot about that...

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
no kidding....make it to the Eastern Conference Finals for three years in a row and get fired. Im guessing they fired him because they want either D'Antoni or Johnson.... Remember the Pistons have been to at least the con finals 6 years in a row now. That doesn't impress Joe Dumars and the other suits anymore. They want to be in the NBA Finals again.

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by Adidas410s
Remember the Pistons have been to at least the con finals 6 years in a row now. That doesn't impress Joe Dumars and the other suits anymore. They want to be in the NBA Finals again.

Thank you. The ONLY thing Joe D has done wrong while the
Pistons president is draft Darko Milicic. But, that's almost
excusable considering they had Billups,Hamilton, and Prince and
didn't need a 1,2, or 3.

Hopefully the next move is getting rid of lazy arse, play hard
when I fell like it Wallace.:mad:

[crzyjournalist03]

Apparently, assistant coach Michael Curry is being tabbed as the replacement.

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
Apparently, assistant coach Michael Curry is being tabbed as the replacement.


I like the part where he basically says no one's job is safe.



http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3423956&type=story


Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Source: Curry to succeed Saunders as Pistons seek new voice

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ESPN.com news services

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Flip Saunders was fired as the Pistons' coach Tuesday, four days after Detroit was eliminated from the playoffs by the Boston Celtics. And more changes could be on the way for a team bounced from three straight conference finals.

Pistons assistant Michael Curry will be named Saunders' successor, a source close to the Pistons told ESPN's Stephen A. Smith. Curry is a former Pistons player and official in the players' union.

"Make no mistake, everybody is in play right now," said Joe Dumars, the Pistons' president of basketball operations. "There are no sacred cows here. You lose that sacred cow status when you lose three straight years.

"This will not be a long, drawn-out process," Dumars said about a replacement for Saunders. "The next coach is going to be handed a good team. You worry more when you don't have the players to compete at the level you need them to."


Saunders had a year left on a four-year deal he signed in 2005. His ouster comes three years after he took over for Larry Brown, who led the Pistons to two straight NBA Finals.

"I think this team became way too content and did not show up with a sense of urgency to get it done," Dumars said at a news conference. "I can't sugarcoat it. It is what it is."

Dumars stopped short of saying he would dismantle the Pistons.

"The idea you can make yourself bad and make yourself good again, that's a farce," he said. "I have no interest in completely ripping the team down. Will I look to making significant changes? Yeah, you're damn right I will."

A message seeking comment was left for Saunders on Tuesday.


In Saunders' three seasons, the Pistons were 176-70 in the regular season and 30-21 in the postseason, but they lost in the Eastern Conference finals each year.

The Pistons have appeared in six straight conference finals, the first franchise to do so since the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s. But they also are the second team in league history to lose in the round before the NBA finals three years in a row, joining the Celtics from 1953-55.

Dumars decided a year ago to bring back key players who have been together since the 2004 championship season, as well as Saunders, while infusing energy with rookies and young reserves. But after the loss in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals to Boston on Friday, the likelihood of change grew.

Before coming to Detroit, Saunders was 411-326 with the Minnesota Timberwolves from 1995-05. He led them to eight straight postseason appearances -- seven first-round exits and an appearance in the 2004 conference finals. After leading Minnesota to a franchise-high 58 wins, he was fired with a 25-26 mark in the 2004-05 season.

[Phil C]

He shouldn't be unemployed long. If anything maybe the Spurs can hire him as an assistant coach. That would be great!

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by Phil C
He shouldn't be unemployed long. If anything maybe the Spurs can hire him as an assistant coach. That would be great!

Good idea Phil. Maybe he can learn what it takes to advance
further than the conference finals from Popovich and then come
back to coach the Pistons again. :thinking: :D