The Pistons choice to replace Larry Brown as head coach is Flip Saunders. Detroit is not an easy place for Flip to come into. Piston fans expect no less then another trip to the NBA finals next season. Flip's easy choice was to go to the Bucks. The Bucks are a team that doesnt expect much, all they want is to develop their players further and contend for a playoff spot. Why didn't Flip go to Milwaukee? I think he wanted all of the "Flip Saunders can't coach a team in the playoffs, he has Garnett, Cassell. And he still can't get it done". Flip wants to come to Detroit and win a championship to silence that criticism and become a truly elite coach. The Timberwolves are a very diffrent team than the Pistons. The Timberwolves rely on star power, and the Pistons rely on team work. Hopefully Flip is more of a team work kind of coach. Say Phil Jackson, he can make stars perform at their best game. I dont think Flip has that, but I think he can make the whole team perform. With good scheme's etc. Another major task for Saunders is developing Darko, something Brown was having a hard time with. Flip will probably play Darko more then Brown did. I think thats one of the reasons Dumars wanted Saunders, was the developing of Darko. We'll see how this all turns out. I wish Flip Saunders luck.
Catch you on the flip side.
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Wow Tamaz - I count at least two or three run-on or incomplete sentences in that post. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to read something like that? Do you read this stuff aloud to yourself afterward to see if it still makes sense?
Despite my struggles, I think I followed your basic point, that being Flip Saunders is taking the Detroit job to try and overcome his "can't win a big one" stigma. An interesting take (even without evidence to back it up - why wouldn't he want to coach the top pick in the draft, for instance?), and it beats the alternative we've gotten from you of late - that being zip.
Yes, I just gave you a backhanded compliment. Jump for joy.
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