www.detroitbadboys.com — Flip Saunders didn’t speak to reporters after leaving the Pistons’ practice facility Saturday afternoon, but assistant coach Michael Curry did, addressing both the speculation that he might replace Saunders as well as where he’s at in regards to interviewing other jobs. From Shannon Shelton in the Detroit Free Press :
Assistant coach Michael Curry talked briefly about his ...
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 ...
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 ...
BC Sports Treehouse Fort Headlines For June 3 —
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Flip Saunders out in Detroit ... Eli's jersey in space ... Mosely gets support from F1 ... and Prior's most recent shoulder surgery.
The following is a partial transcript of the June 3, 2008 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort.Tuffy -- The Detroit Pistons let Flip Saunders go today after three years of averaging nearly 60 wins a season. Joe Dumars is rumored to want Michael Curry for the ...
Vinsanity: Flip to Phoenix? —
Fanster.com
While the Phoenix Suns are interviewing San Antonio lead assistant Mike Budenholzer for their head coaching opening, another NBA franchise became coachless. The Detroit Pistons fired head coach Flip Saunders after the Pistons were eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals last week. So, Suns’ fans…is Flip now a candidate for the Suns’ job?
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Being Detroit's coach leaves no job security —
Inhistoric: The Sports History Blog
The next Pistons coach shouldn't expect to hang around for long: it's win or die with the Detroit ballclub, and even then, the exit might still be looming. What NBA team has higher standards than the Pistons? In the last six years, they've chased away Rick Carlisle, Larry Brown, and Flip Saunders, three coaches who won 50 games every year with the team. So if Michael Curry, or Terry Porter, ...
Michael Curry Reportedly Will Be Promoted to Pistons Head Coaching Position —
FanHouse
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 Michael Curry will be named Saunders' successor, a source close to the Pistons told ESPN's Stephen A. Smith. Curry is a former Pistons player and ...
What’s next for the Pistons? —
BallerBlogger.com
Flip Saunders was fired by the Detroit Pistons today after averaging 59 wins during his three year stint with the club.
GM Joe Dumars made the correct decision by letting go of Saunders but the annual NBA championship expectations in Motown have to stop.
The Pistons have been the Eastern Conference’s #1 or #2 seeded playoff team the past seven years — winning 50 games in each ...
Pistons fire Flip Saunders —
NBA Obsessed
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Flip Saunders is told by the Detroit Pistons Joe Dumars to take his ball and go home
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Who will be the next coach of the Detroit Pistons?
Saturday Joe Dumars spoke to Flip about his final year. All decisions have to go through the ...
Pistons Flip Saunders off —
PistonsNationBlog.com
So the first shot has been fired, or should I say the coach has been fired . If you read the first line of the linked Detroit News article it’s a mandate straight from Bill Davidson, who apparently is lucid enough to name a scapegoat. This is sure to be the first of many changes for this team. Expect some player accountability to come.
As for a replacement, are we to assume Michael ...
That'll Be All, Flip [Flip Gone] —
Deadspin
It's strange to think now, but at one point, Flip Saunders was considered some sort of coaching savant. That seems like an awfully long time ago. The Pistons officially let Flip go about half an hour ago , and they're supposedly having a press conference at 2 p.m.
Michael Curry is the top name to take over, though, just for fun, they should see if they can pry Larry Brown away from the ...
Look Out! Pistons Will Surely Win NBA Title Now! —
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A. Sherrod Blakely of Booth newspapers reports:
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.
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FLIP SAUNDERS FIRED! —
The World of Isaac
Both Booth Newspapers and now the Detroit Free Press are reporting that Flip Saunders has been fired. Michael Curry to be named Head Coach later in the week. Mlive Free Press Here is the official Pistons release AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that Flip Saunders will not return next season as the team’s head coach. ...
Blakely and Jahnke: Who said Flip’s job is secure? —
Detroit Bad Boys
A. Sherrod Blakely argues today that Saunders’ job is hardly secure:
The future of Detroit Pistons coach Flip Saunders is still up in the air.
However, multiple league sources said Monday he still is likely to be fired, and a decision should be made within days.
Joe Dumars, Detroit’s president of basketball operations, and team owner Bill Davidson are expected to meet within ...
Not everyone is convinced Flip is staying —
Detroit Bad Boys
Yesterday, Chris McCosky was confident that Flip Saunders would stay put:
We were all wrong. All of us who speculated that the Pistons’ loss in Game 6 to Boston spelled the end of Flip Saunders’ coaching life in Detroit were wrong.
Saunders met briefly with Pistons president Joe Dumars on Saturday and all indications are that he was told he will be back.
Understand that with the ...
Insight Into Flip's Future In Detroit? —
CelticsBlog - NBA Section
At this point, no news is good news for Flip Saunders in Detroit.
That seems to be exactly the sort of news that assistant Michael Curry is bearing at this point.
As reported (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080531/SPORTS03/80531063/1051) by Shannon Shelton of the Detroit Free Press:
The morning after the Pistons fell to the Celtics in Game.6 of the
Eastern ...
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