Pistons say Flip Saunders won't return as coach
sports.espn.go.com 6/3/2008 — The Detroit Pistons say Flip Saunders will not be back as coach next season. "Decisions like this are difficult to make," team president Joe Dumars said on the team's Web site. "However, at this time, I feel it is necessary to make a change." In his three seasons, the Pistons were 176-70 in the regular season and 30-21 in the postseason, but they lost in the conference finals each year.

In appreciation of Flip Saunders
detroitbadboys.com 6/4/2008 — Dumars said the “coaching search” won’t take very long (will he even interview anyone but Michael Curry?), but before we start talking about the new guy, I just wanted to recognize the old one. Flip Saunders had his faults, sure, ...

Dumars deserves props for thinking outside the box - NBA
sports.espn.go.com 6/4/2008 — Flip Saunders D.Lippitt/EinsteinPhoto/NBAE/Getty Images Three straight trips to the Eastern Conference finals wasn't enough for Flip to keep his job. Joe Dumars must be on something! That was the word circulating through the NBA's grapevine yesterday ...

Report: Michael Curry Will Replace Flip Saunders in Detroit
sports.aol.com 6/4/2008 — If the rumors that Steven A. Smith is reporting come to fruition, and they appear to be manifesting themselves through a relevant Googly news search , Michael Curry will soon be named the new head coach of the Detroit Pistons: Pistons assistant ...

Joe Dumars Thinks How a GM Should
larrybrownsports.com 6/4/2008 — The big news on Tuesday was the Pistons firing coach Flip Saunders . Unlike the shock when they fired Rick Carlisle, I would classify this move as a mild surprise. Think about it — the Pistons had peaked at the Conference Finals once again; ...

Saunders Fired By the Pistons — NYT > Pro Basketball 6/4/2008
The Pistons fired their coach on Tuesday and put its entire lineup on the trading block, less than a week after losing in the Eastern Conference finals for the third straight year. >

NBA | Pistons pull plug on coach Flip Saunders — The Seattle Times: Sports 6/4/2008
Pistons president Joe Dumars watched the final 10 minutes of Game 6 against Boston last Friday and saw a microcosm of the entire Flip Saunders...

FLIP FLOP: PISTONS FIRE SAUNDERS — NY Post: Sports 6/4/2008
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - In the morning, the Detroit Pistons fired Flip Saunders. By the afternoon, the players were put on notice. "I'm not going to sit here and make Flip the scapegoat," president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said yesterday...

Joe Dumars' message is clear: no one is safe — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 6/4/2008
How about that Joe Dumars? He fired his coach, then made bigger news at the press conference. The Pistons president said he will try to shake up his core, a surprisingly...

Pistons Fire Saunders, Dumars Promises Change — Wash Post NBA 6/4/2008
Flip Saunders was fired as the Pistons' coach yesterday, four days after Detroit was eliminated from the playoffs by the Boston Celtics. And more changes could be on the way for a team bounced from three straight conference finals.