Breaking News: Pistons Fire Michael Curry
The Detroit Pistons announced today that they have fired head coach Michael Curry. Can’t really say that this was a suprise - last season was an absolute mess in Detroit on so many levels. The team was 39-43 and got swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Cavs.
And beyond that, he didn’t really seem to have a handle on the team from the jump. There was initial Chauncey/A.I. trade that sent Rip Hamilton into a season of pouting. Curry could never figure out how keep both Iverson and Rip happy and ended up alienating them both. And by the end of the season, to say that the team looked like they didn’t give a sh**, even in the playoffs, would be a huge understatement.
Who should be the next coach in Detroit?
Photo. Detnews.com
June 30th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
sh!tfaced says:
FIRST. whiny basketball diva, 1 curry, 0.
June 30th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
PALakerFan says:
Avery Johnson
June 30th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
sh!tfaced says:
“..a league source believes that one-time Detroit coach Doug Collins could be the favorite for the job.”
June 30th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
Damn. The only thing in Detroit with less stability than the auto industry is the Pistons head coaching job.
June 30th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
The Little General.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Coop says:
“suprise”?
Sigh.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
MBE18 says:
Bill Laimbeer?
June 30th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
sh!tfaced says:
Bill Laimbeer!
June 30th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
PALakerFan says:
Dumars hiring Avery would say “I don’t care what the players like or dislike. I want to win by whatever means are necessary.” And Avery will win. His team will play hard and they will win. All the players will end up hating him, but so what, winning is all that matters.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
PALakerFan says:
I would also suggest JVG as an option.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Amar says:
detroit sports radio is actually talking either rudy t, or doug collins . . . avery would be better.
few things about this:
fire the guy after he scouts and drafts guy, the day before free agency? sounds like tampering: FA or guy who can be in a sign and trade says “i may like it in detroit, but not for that coach . . . ”
second thing, not having a coach can hurt FA signings (who knows how that team will be playing like), so they may already have a guy in the wings.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Spliff 2 My Lou says:
If I was an out of work coach I would wait to see what Dumars does through free agency/trades before I would even think about taking this team over. The Pistons do not the pieces right now to compete in the East much less the NBA. Besides there’s no gurantee you’ll have a job next season no matter how the team does. Flip Saunders was fired after going to the Finals three years straight.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
YOUNGFED says:
Haaaaaaa, Ha (and yes I’m saying it like Nelson from the Simpsons) but Seriously dude should’ve never been given the job. How in the hell is a career sixth man gonna tell somebody how to ball (GTFOH).
I say hire Bill Lambeir look at what he did for the Shock. Nuff Said!!!
June 30th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
PALakerFan says:
The Laimbeer resignation mid-season out of nowhere tells me he and Joe D have a hand shake agreement. You know how these old players like to protect and set up each other. Unfortunately for them, players from today couldn’t care less about the Bad Boys.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
flavur says:
Sam Mitchel or Avery Johnson to toughen up those drama queens
June 30th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Amar says:
sam mitch is the worst coach to win coy EVAR
June 30th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
V says:
It’s about danm time!
June 30th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Rafa23 says:
well fed, he may not be a good coach, but just being a sixth man has nothing to do with it. greg popvich never played in the nba, phil jackson was just a sixth man on the knicks championship team.
so i would just say he couldn’t handle those guys.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Austin Burton says:
Didn’t Dumars say during the season that he was going to be patient with Curry? That he understood he put him in a tough situation with the Billups trade? So much for that.
Anyway, I like Avery for this job, but it’ll probably be Laimbeer. It has to be somebody the players (particularly Rip) will respect immediately, and Avery and Laimbeer have legit NBA playing credentials.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
D.H. says:
next coach should be someone who can go in and get everyone on the same page while still letting everyone know who’s boss.
Someone like Coach Boon from ‘Remember The Titans’.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
YOUNGFED says:
@Rafa
You must’ve been the sixth man at the Rec Center.
@Austin
Dumars realized his mistake whats wrong with that. Cut your loses and move on I say. Plus I like Lam cause if something jumps off he’ll be the 1st one off the bench. lol
June 30th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
isotope says:
they should never have let Rick Carlisle go.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
IG says:
Joe D as coach/gm, McHale style.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Kobeef says:
LAIMBEER!!!
June 30th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
french says:
doug collins is bad…dont do it detroit
June 30th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
George W Kush Sr says:
Thank God. Wasn’t Curry’s team or time, should’ve been kept as an assistant, oh well.
You wanna stress defense so that atleast you’re competitive? Avery Johnson.
You want fresh blood seeing that you’re rebuilding? Marc Jackson.
Free agency is going to be huge. Right now the roster is incomplete, it’d be a mistake to pick a direction in coaching and then not being able to get the required players.
Detroit has a lot of money to spend and there are alot of good players out there. I can see them chasing Gortat and Millsapp as their next frontcourt. With that set they can still pick up a decent backup point guard and a wing for the rotation. As long as they have Prince they’ll be decent, not good just decent, but they need to surround him with something because he’s not a franchise player.
Its all in Dumars hands now, was the first time a fluke or can he make his team great again? Let’s hope so
June 30th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
doc says:
They should make AI player coach and Rip his assistant.
June 30th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
POPPI GEE says:
Laimbeer he got the cred and apparently the knowledge too.
They should have gotten rid of Curry early last year.
So many NBA teams do things to late.
June 30th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
SagJism says:
cmon, you know its Bill Lambieer, thats why he quit his coaching job forthe shock.
June 30th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
IG says:
It looks like it is Laimbeer. He needs to add Isaih “Thompson” and Rick Mahorn to the staff.
June 30th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Tim says:
I hope it’s Laimbeer. He’ll keep em in line for sure. Then bring in Mahorn as sn assistant after he quits the shock lol
June 30th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
steven cinco says:
I can’t believe that everyone is totally ignoring the fact that Joe Dumars put Curry in this position in the first place. He blew the team apart by trading Chauncey for AI. A trade none thought would work but Joe an a few homers. If anything should be said about Curry, it should be praise for getting a team that completely quit by game 5 of regular season into the playoffs at all. I feel for Dice, he could of signed with anyone last season, but he got suckered into coming back to play for a bunch of quitters and cry babies(except maybe Maxieel and Stuckey). Joe D screwed the pooch….again.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
solomon (el latino machismo) says:
LAIMBEER!!!
June 30th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
tim says:
Looks liek the fossil known as Collins will probably be the guy…Avery Johnson and Collins are the top targets, and well i guess Avery isn’t interested.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
RonnaBonBon says:
ISAIAH THOMAS!
July 1st, 2009 at 3:47 am
Frank says:
Avery would be a good fit, where is he now?
July 1st, 2009 at 10:32 am
steven cinco says:
These players couldn’t get along with Curry, do you really think a hard A$$ like Laimbeer will be able to gel a team attitude in the D?