larrybrownsports.com - 6/4/2008
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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; there’s only so long you can be pleased with that type of performance before changes are made. And that’s how Joe Dumars thinks. Hearing ...
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The Internets are alive: The Pistons' personnel moves
Ball Don't Lie —
... Larry Brown Sports: "Unlike the shock when [the Pistons] 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; there’s only so long you can be pleased with that type of performance before changes are made. And that’s how Joe Dumars thinks. Hearing him speak at the press conference made me think: Gee, now there’s a guy who wants to win — that’s the type of guy I want running my franchise. [...] I really appreciate Dumars’ ...
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Joe Dumars Names Michael Curry as Pistons Head Coach
need4sheed.com 6/9/2008 — It's official "The Associated Press reports the Pistons have hired assistant coach and former player Michael Curry as their new head coach. The Pistons have scheduled a news conference for noon tomorrow at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Curry was an ...
MICHAEL CURRY TO COACH PISTONS —
The World of Isaac
Sad news indeed..... According to WDFN 1130 the Fan of Detroit, Curry will be announced at a noon press conference tomorrow 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 and we'll carry it live.
Change (and Trades) Coming in Detroit —
SLAM Online
by Marcel Mutoni
Lost in the all-too expected firing of Flip Saunders yesterday, was Pistons GM Joe Dumars’s seething anger at the team he painstakingly put together. A team that, granted, did win a title, but has always left everyone with a feeling that they could’ve done so much more.
At the press conference announcing Saunders’s sudden unemployment, Dumars sounded ...
Pistons to name Curry head coach (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News
Michael Curry will be the next coach of the Detroit Pistons after having played for the team and worked as an assistant. Detroit Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars tells The Associated Press that Curry will be introduced at a news ...
