Morning Shootaround: Palatable Pistons Links, Whatever That Means

It seems that Joe D. is handling the Rodney Stuckey situation wisely. Let other teams determine his value first before making an extension offer.

Nice to see Terrico White getting a chance to prove himself in New Orleans. I’m curious to see how he does there.

And LOL at John Kuester’s comment regarding Lamar Odom. That quote goes a long way toward summarizing his first experience as a head coach during his tenure here in Detroit.

The Bulls have interest in Rip:

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/7337987/source-chicago-bulls-plan-pursue-rip-hamilton

My view is this: When Dumars played toward the latter of his career, he came to camp out of shape. There were even problems with Doug Collins when he coached with us. And now that Joe has moved into the front office, it’s been a roller coaster of a ride to say the least. We got some players, and our first coach was Rich Carslile. After two- 50 win seasons, they let Rich go due to whatever conflicts that upper management had. As everyone knows, we got Larry Brown, and Rasheed, and we won the title, and narrowly missed the back-to-back. After LB made a statement about coaching the Knicks as a dream job, they let him go. Then, Flip comes in. He unleashes the team’s muzzle, if you will, and we won 64 games. The ECF collapses are well known if you are reading in the forum. Dumars had enough, even though we won 59 games that year, and decided to go with Michael Curry. Stuckey had done well in those playoffs. So, we trade Chauncey, start 4-0, and we get AI. AI was supposed to be some experiment that if everything goes well, we win. Well, that was a huge disaster, which included Rip, and Rip and Michael didn’t get along, so the coach leaves, as does AI. Yes, don’t forget, we got Darko as our second pick in the draft of ‘03. Now, let’s bring some has beens back, hire John Kuester, and according to Rodney, they were a top team. WELL, that didn’t happen. If there was ever a team disaster, we were the poster child of that. So now we have Lawrenece Frank, let Rip go, resign Tayshaun, waiting to see about Stuckey, etc.. When will the Detroit world say Dumars, your time has come. Dumars is the problem here. Dumars since day one arguably, has fostered, created, been involved in a coach killing environment. Does he get a pass since he’s been in D-town since 85? He’s quiet, soft spoken, always looks thoughtful? Don’t you think Rasheed fell into our lap from Portland via Atlanta? Do you think Darko was the right pick? Imagine if Wade was drafted, and the all stars we could’ve had, not MIami. Dumars has been Mr. Consistant as the problem, not the solution. Losers talk about how hard it is to do his job. Winners, go out and get Wade, Bosh, James, Gasol for Kwame Brown, the Boston big three, OKC’s team, the Lakers revamping again, New York getting their players: Winners realize it’s hard, and go out and get the JOB DONE!! Not complain about how difficult it is. If all of us want to see Detroit win, first, start with getting rid of Dumars. Next, get a coach who has a presence that commands respect. Frank will not. Third, get rid of the has beens and the attitude players who have poisoned the team. The Pistons are a laughing stock. The jumbotron had a suggestino on it for fans to go somewhere else to have fun? Are you serious? I don’t want to hear about some muzzle placed on Joe due to the sale of the team and all that b.s. He’s a loser, period. He doesn’t respect this organization, the coaches, the team, and CANNOT do the job he does. He is inept. Joe is in over his head. Until we get rid of Joe, we will not win. He expects us to go the playoffs. Remember Jim Mora who coached the Colts a few years ago and said, playoffs, you’re talking about playoffs? Stuckey was supposed to lead us, Maxiell was supposed to be Ben Wallace the second. And Tayshaun? I fell as though he has underdevolped more then anyone else. Or, just cannot deliever more. A few years ago, Scottie Pippen said Tayshaun was the next Scottie. NOT!! Even L.B. said to the other players that if Tayshaun didn’t want the ball don’t pass it to him. A leader? Oh NO! Now we have Frank, who allegedly, taped a conversation that Bob Knight gave to the players at half time that was a tirade of yelling and cussing. This was done will Frank was an assistant. A snitch? we have a snitch of a coach? Someone who has lost 16 games in a row? He’s a joke. But, no real person for now would be part of this joke of an organization.