Reports: Detroit To Offer Lawrence Frank Coaching Job

That’s awesome beyond description lol.

That’s classic shit bro.

I welcome the occasional revival of DBB’s venerable rebus tradition.

The cat pic is just fucking priceless. Like cat’s current gig is to be on some Asian dictator’s lap, trying to look more imperious than his master.

(He may be a fine guy, mind you. But if the comment of renouncing fandom because Laimbeer wasn’t hired was in earnest, the song applies…)

1. I’m not afraid to admit that reading what you said was a nice little ego boost. Hey, I thought the same thing as MFMP, cool! (Ungass, don’t even think about it….)
2. At least you went back and read it …/glares over at Garrett, I haven’t forgotten!

I’d rather have Frank than Woodson, so that’s nice, but I see the change in the organization’s decision-making process as the most positive aspect of this report.

but he’s likely out of a job in Minnesota unless whoever Minnesota hires wants to keep him on board which also seems rare.

The most annoying writer of my lifetime has to be Mike Sager. Sager would write these just utterly annoying articles about women neither he nor you had any chance of fucking whatsoever. I mean, if they’re hot, and you can’t get naked with them, then why even bother? I never understood this, it’s just a waste of time, IMHO.

My favorite one came from Esquire quite a few years ago, dude writes this piece of verbal cunnilingus (wow, I got that in one try without spellcheck correcting me? I must not be getting senile yet) about a certain starlet who went on to host a popular celebrity blowjob show on cable. Now, she is smoking hot and 100% my type, but certain starlet was also known as perhaps LA’s #1 party girl of her era. She was a wild one.. Unlike the others, you could have actually gotten naked with her for about $1K/hr if you knew who to call-a couple of my friends did, before she became famous on TV. Remember, this was the late ’90s, Clinton was President, everyone was making stupid money off the Internet in one way or another.

So, yeah, I agree, if you’re not banging them, it just makes you look like a complete eunuch to even discuss it. Really not very manly at all.

and if it’s (6), it’s because Dallas can’t afford him anymore.

I remeber saying how we should of picked up Tyson last year and MP saying that he didn’t like him. I may be mistaken but pretty sure. Foot in mouth/d?

I didn’t like him a few years back, but if I said that last summer it’s clearly me who has a foot in the mouf. Dude led the league in O-Rtg in the regular season and again in the playoffs, scoring at a blindingly high rate being a sure thing for rocket passes from Kidd and others. He was a rock upon which that team’s offense ran smoothly.

That doesn’t mean I’d want to sign him now, he’ll be over-priced, still an injury risk and there’s no reason he (or any of the players Victor_E listed) would want anything to do with Detroit. Also, how do you make trades to clear that kind of cap space, Victor? You can move low-level players for cash and picks, but there’s really no sound way of clearing that kind of cap after a season that just ended. You need to make moves before the deadline for cap relief.

“Oh yeah, Rip, you’re not impressed? Well I’m not impressed by you, motherfucker! Wearing a mask like a little pussy! Can’t take a little broken nose!? Feels good, lets you know you’re alive!”

/breaks own nose

It would also be nice if that “cancer to the team and the league” was gone too

Playing folks out of position in “small ball” lineups, and having the absurd logjam at guard is a recipe for an unhappy locker room.

If we don’t start out winning they are going to start putting up stats like “Lawrence Frank has lost his last 20 games straight” or “Lawrence Frank just lost his 25th straight game as head coach”

In all seriousness, I think Frank is solid. I hope that Gores reigns in Joe’s propensity to fire coaches when things get messy, though, as they likely will given this team’s construction. It’s time for some real accountability; no more scapegoating.

Here are some realistic expectations I’d want Frank to meet if I hired him:
- Improve the team defense
- Play the best players, regardless of salary structure, age, experience
- Realistic improvement from the young players.
- Manage personalities in the locker room, not in the public/media

I think if the franchise improves in all those areas, Frank will have had a very successful first year. Wins and losses definitely shouldn’t be the benchmark.

Roco, those of us who are against Dumars have an opinion based on objective merit— it’s not blind hate, and inversely, he doesn’t deserve blind support. No one does. Those of us who are against Dumars have made decisions about his capabilities based upon a very, very long string of failures in drafting, trading and signing players and hiring/firing coaches… in other words, every single thing a GM is supposed to do.

If you’d like, I can explain in objective means why those of us who are against Joe Dumars feel the way we do. I assure you, none of us hate Joe Dumars, none of us feel that he’s the enemy, and none of us here are “bandwagon fans” that want to “throw dirt on his name”. Furthermore, we’re not disrespecting Joe Dumars nor are we insulting him as the legend that he is.

He has, however, worn out his welcome. He did so very long ago. If you can talk about it like an adult and not insult those of us who have this opinion about Joe, I can give you some objective insight into why we’ve lost hope.

I remember what Joe D is to the city of Detroit..First as a player,now as a GM..To just disrespect that is nuts to me.

At some point, Joe D began to disrespect himself. This years team is a giant flaming bag of dookie on his legacy, and is the exact opposite of the character, tough defense, and winning that he represented. Given that he put this together, he signed each and every “low character” guy to their big contracts, how can you not consider the fact that he is past his prime?

…or, how about you provide some reasons for your unyielding faith that don’t involve pretending like the past 7 years never happened?

’Cause that superfluous apostrophe deserves a rec.

My guess is that they’re in contract negotiations. If I’m Frank, I’m demanding 4 years minimum. Reality is, even though Frank is young, he wants to safely mitigate the risk of having another firing on his resume. Even with the success he had in New Jersey (setting the record for most consecutive wins to start his career vs. setting the record for most consecutive losses to end his tenure), if he doesn’t succeed with the Pistons, it could result in another round of assistant coaching where the pay is far less than a head coach.

If its Gores negotiating, my guess is they try and settle on 3 years, 4th year as a team option but either way Frank needs a contract that shows a commitment to a long-term solution from this franchise.

pronouncing the word tavern “tav-ren”.

Really loved what he did with the Kings (They were my favorite team in 2002). Liked what he did with the Rockets. I very much doubt we would’ve been able to bring him here, though. I would’ve been on my feet cheering if he came here.