mkrob.com - 7/1/2009
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All or nothing seems to be the formula for coaching the Detroit Pistons . Bring home an NBA championship or hit the road.
First-year coach Michael Curry became the latest Pistons coach to get the ax as president for basketball operations Joe Dumars fired him Tuesday after watching his ...
Pistons fire Curry after one season | detnews.com | The Detroit News
detnews.com 6/30/2009 — Chris McCosky / The Detroit News Auburn Hills -- The prevailing thought was that Michael Curry was going to get a second season to redeem himself after a rough, 39-43 rookie season. Pistons president Joe Dumars blew that thought right out of the ...
Pistons Fire Michael Curry, But Why Now?
motownstringmusic.com 7/1/2009 —
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First of all, I'd like to thank Matt from Blog A Bull and Sean Yuille from Pride of Detroit for posting the news on Michael ...
Card Shark Dumars Has Been Toothless Lately
bleacherreport.com 6/30/2009 —
Joe Dumars needs a new deck of cards. For better luck, if nothing else.
The deck from which Dumars has been dealing cards to himself for the past several years must be crooked or stacked against him. Either that, or he’s just simply a bad ...
Dumars Putting Together a New Floor Model
spartyandfriends.com 7/2/2009 — I know, I am supposed to have the day off, but this was too big a deal to not comment on.
Nine years ago, Joe Dumars traded away his best player (and one of the NBA’s best). The next year, the Pistons would suffer their worst season in 7 years. A series of moves over 3 years to land ...
Hope Returns To Motown As Pistons Fire Michael Curry
slamdunkcentral.com 6/30/2009 —
The “ Associated Press ” reported Tuesday that the Detroit Pistons have terminated head coach Michael Curry after one season at the helm. Curry who was brought in last Summer to lead the Pistons in a new direction did exactly that. Unfortunately down was not the direction that ...
Joe Dumars Video - Pistons 2009 Draft Party
need4sheed.com 6/26/2009 — Joe Dumars speaks to Pistons fans and media immediately after Dumars selected Austin Daye as the Pistons #15 pick in the draft. He talks about Austin, and the state of the team.
Best line….
“Yes, he’s skinnier than Tayshaun, so we definitely have to put some weight on ...
Pistons Will Be Soft in the Middle
thesportsbank.net 7/2/2009 —
By H. Jose Bosch
I wanted to see Joe Dumars find a pure point guard or a pure center this off-season. Ideally he would’ve gotten both but since finding a high-level talent at either position is rare, just getting one would’ve been nice.
But apparently someone told Joe D that next ...
Judging Joe Dumars, as the Detroit Pistons rebuild
blog.mlive.com 7/15/2009 — Michael Rosenberg of the Detroit Free Press has a very good article about the Detroit Pistons, and the rebuilding effort by Joe Dumars. Rosenberg asks, 'What do you expect from your teams'? July 15, Detroit Free Press: I don't just...
Post-Flip Funk Continues —
Wizards Insider 7/1/2009
Flip Saunders might feel a bit vindicated right now. The Detroit Pistons fired Michael Curry yesterday after one season, continuing a troubling trend for the men who follow the current Wizards coach. Joe Dumars, the team's president of basketball ...
Michael Curry Taking Joe Dumars' Heat —
Bleacher Report - NBA 7/1/2009
A championship can buy anyone in professional sports some job security, and Joe Dumars is living in that safe haven as we speak. Architect of the 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons, Dumars masterfully crafted his team. He traded icon Grant Hill in a ...