sportingnews.com - 6/3/2008
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The Pistons have fired head coach Flip Sauders. For his replacemebt, Dumars and Davidson look no further than assistant coach Michael Curry
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Joe Dumars: "it is time for a new voice to lead our team"
Full-Court Press - A Detroit Pistons Blog —
... Joe Dumars' statement was straight to the point, pretty much like his playing career, which was a study of economy of motion. It was three sentences worth - and if you had to pick out the key one among them to sum up the logic behind Flip Saunders' firing even more concisely, it would be this phrase from the final sentence: " ... it is time for a new voice to lead our team." The word around town is that Michael Curry will replace Flip . Some may think that replacing Flip Saunders with Michael Curry is more of a scapegoat move, but Joe Dumars made it clear in a press ...
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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.
Pistons fire head coach Flip Saunders
mlive.com 6/3/2008 — It's official now.
The Pistons have fired Flip Saunders after three seasons in which he led the team to the Eastern Conference finals.
No replacement has been named, but a press conference announcing Michael Curry as the new coach is expected sometime this week.
I'll have more later in Booth Newspapers and on mlive.com
Definition of insanity
pistonsnationblog.com 6/3/2008 — We’ve all heard expression that insanity can be defined as doing the same thing but expecting different results. By that definition the Pistons past three seasons have been marred by insanity.
Dumars: 'Everybody's in play'
truebluepistons.blogspot.com 6/3/2008 — The Pistons took the Game 6 conference finals exit ramp for a third straight season, but Joe Dumars plans on mapping a far different off-season road map this time around. It was a frank and blunt Dumars that met the media Tuesday afternoon, about five ...
Pistons Fire Saunders, Dumars Promises Change —
Wash Post NBA 6/3/2008
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.
