Here’s the AP’s entire 12-word announcement:
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Michael Curry will coach the Detroit Pistons says team exec Joe Dumars.
WDFN confirms it (via TZ and Ballhype):
WDFN broke the story that Joe Dumars has indeed hired Michael Curry as the next head coach of the Pistons. The press conference will be Tuesday at Noon and you’ll hear it live on Sportsradio 1130 - WDFN.
Updates will follow, I’m sure.
Update: More details from the AP:
Dumars tells the AP Curry will be introduced at a news conference on Tuesday. The team sent out a release Monday afternoon saying the new coach would be announced at that news event, but did not reveal his identity.
Curry agreed to a three-year deal worth $2.5 million a year guaranteed with the team holding the option for a fourth season.
Curry lacks any head coaching experience, and he’s being paid accordingly: his annual salary will be less than half of the $5.4 million Saunders is collecting this year.
Well, I’m not terribly fond of this move. How many rookie head coaches have gotten to the Finals, much less won them?
Well, idiots like Mike Brown and Doc Rivers have managed to coach teams to the finals….
I’m kinda excited about this.
In Dumars We Trust. I’m excited to see where this goes…
Vinny Del Negro? That came from nowhere.
Love it. It is said that there aren’t any great coaches available so why not roll the dice and see if we can strike gold (similiar to what Dallas did with Avery). The guy was respected as a player for his b-ball IQ, he is respected amongst the team, and throughout the league (I believe he was head of the players assoc at one point). He has a good history as a Piston and with Joe. Seems to me that this team is about to get younger anyway. Good hire.
Here’s on thing this means, “The Year of Amir”.
MIP 2009?
Now bring on John Long as a shooting coach.
I think ESPN owes us a video montage of Bob Lanier and whatever big name Detroit picks up in the off-season sitting with each other, hog in hand, talking about how “if you don’t get one, I’ll give you one of mine”.
I think ESPN wants us to pay them to put up anything about Detroit. Kind of like a death tax.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3427112
qd: as soon as collins didn’t work out, vinny del negro’s name surfaced. i’d rather have michael curry myself. and now we do.
I get the feeling the Bulls just said “Screw this, next guy that walks through the door, gets the job”