Thread: Pistons fire coach Michael Curry after 1 season

[QUOTE=Venger]You know, at some point, it all has to stop being Michael Finley's then Shawn Bradley's then Avery Johnson's fault. Avery did things that made me crazy too, but you don't get the the Finals and then tear up the league in a 67-win by accident. It was clear that Avery needed to go, since the team and he had fractured beyond repair, but for a couple seasons, the Mavs were the best they have ever been. Avery...

Exactly, because he also knew DET could only tolerate about 2 years of the Little General . Then, when things mature, get a real coach.

[QUOTE=jsig] Dumars says they are about where they are when they hired Carlsisle and they don't need a 4-5 million dollar coach.  Guess that means he wants some cheap guy to coach for a year or 2 then if they are looking good, he'll dump his cheap coach for a high priced coach. [/QUOTE] Looking at it this way and with the perspective of Carslile, who the hell wants this job?

[QUOTE=Venger]You know, at some point, it all has to stop being Michael Finley's then Shawn Bradley's then Avery Johnson's fault. Avery did things that made me crazy too, but you don't get the the Finals and then tear up the league in a 67-win by accident. It was clear that Avery needed to go, since the team and he had fractured beyond repair, but for a couple seasons, the Mavs were the best they have ever been. Avery...

[QUOTE=41times]I am predicting they hire Avery. [/QUOTE] Good. Cuban can quit paying Avery and Avery may want to trade for some of his guys: Dampier, George, Stack...

[QUOTE=41times]I am predicting they hire Avery. [/QUOTE] Dumars trying to lure Avery Johnson back to sidelines By Art Garcia, NBA.com Posted Jul 4 2009 11:46AM Joe Dumars is headed to Texas to try to woo Avery Johnson back to the sidelines, a source told NBA.com. The Pistons president is meeting with the former Mavericks coach for the first time Sunday at Johnson's home in the Houston area to discuss the opening....

[QUOTE=pocketcowboys] Very passionate Venger, but with all due respect, what are you talking about? I don't recall blaming anything on Avery, or Finley, or Bradley. [/QUOTE] This was not aimed at your post, more just the general board miasma regarding Avery - and the Mavs fate in general. There's been a tendency to place all of our faults disproportionately at the feet of one person or another - Finley was a favorite target, because...

And the Ego keeps him out another year... [QUOTE]The Pistons will not hire Avery Johnson as their next head coach after failing to agree to terms on Tuesday, sources told CBSSports.com Detroit was unable to satisfy Johnson's salary requirements and will pursue Cleveland assistant John Kuester and Boston assistant Tom Thibodeau, according to the source. [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=DavidR]And the Ego keeps him out another year... [QUOTE]The Pistons will not hire Avery Johnson as their next head coach after failing to agree to terms on Tuesday, sources told CBSSports.com Detroit was unable to satisfy Johnson's salary requirements and will pursue Cleveland assistant John Kuester and Boston assistant Tom Thibodeau, according to the source. [/QUOTE] I used to think Dumars was pretty sharp basketball...

[QUOTE=DavidR]And the Ego keeps him out another year... [/QUOTE] I think it has more to do with the fact that Detroit was only offering a 2 year contract instead of the 3 or 4 years that are customary. I'd know I'd want a longer guarantee from a team that only gave its last coach a year before they fired him.