Curry is fired! Despite how bad things went. Public consensus was pretty sure curry would stick around one more season. I guess Joe is being honest when he says this season isn't for setting up the 2010 season.
http://www.nba.com/2009/news/06/30/pistons.curry.out/index.html
I don't have to even look at the post-artical comments to know that they are full of people clamoring for Laimbeer. Dumars (from my angle) has always been a little worried with the combining of nba prima donnas with the aggressing coaching style of Laimbeer. Do you take the risk? How much does what the fans are dying for affect the decision process?
My thought is, if the players can't handle a hard-ass stlye that knows how to win, to hell with them. I have a feeling the Detroit Shock didn't always want to hug and kiss Laimbeer. But, i think they enjoyed winning 3 titles, and respected him for knowing what he is doing.
I think Laimbeer is like a high risk/high reward scenerio. He seems possible of being a top level NBA coach, or possible for having many classic alpha male confrontations. But, how many of today's newer coaches can you see becoming a l brown, p jackson, popovich. (I got a good feeling about spolstra, i think he could be great. But, no one else. ) What better time for the pistons to gamble on a laimbeer hire, then during a time that is already such a trial.
If he became a lengendary coach, and it didnt' happen in Detroit, I think many fans would never forgive Dumars. especially since many of those finkle bastards still don't forgive him for Darko.
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"The Detroit Pistons have three candidates for their head coaching job after firing Michael Curry early Tuesday, sources tell TNT's David Aldridge. /The three are current Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach John Kuester, former Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson and current TNT analyst Doug Collins."
damn, DA tends to know his shit. He didn't even mention my man.
I am, however, still seeing laimbeers name connected to minn.
i hope its not Doug Collins. He's the best analyst out there.
it's gonna be Avery - gotta be (just heard Doug removed himself from consideration)
yeah i just read that about Collins. He was the only one i wanted out of the three. I just don't love avery as a coach. Besides, i read the mavericks basically mutinied against Avery. Fear of mutiny is, as far as i know, the one reason not to go with Laimbeer.
I wish i knew what Joe knows. Maybe they just hate each other. Laimbeer did his mom
hold on...
Laimbeer did his mom?
like, he hated her, or he actually did her? because, i'd be ok with a coach who hated his mom.. maybe she's just a bitch or something.. but DOING your mom is grounds for immediate dq in my book.
didnt keuster get that job?
yeah kuester got the gig.
I shoudl have said, "maybe, bill laimbeer did his mom."
i was just pontificating at what dumars might know that prevents him from hiring Laimbeer. I figured it must be something bad.
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