detnews.com - 5/2/2008
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Pistons: Notebook Saunders is on the rise Pistons coach a hot candidate for other jobs -- not that he's planning on leaving any time soon. Chris McCosky / The Detroit News PHILADELPHIA -- A few days ago, after the Pistons had lost Game 3, the buzz in the newspapers, on the message boards and on local sports talk radio was the end was near for Pistons coach Flip Saunders. Now, the national buzz ...
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... Chris McCosky of The Detroit News: "A few days ago, after the Pistons had lost Game 3, the buzz in the newspapers, on the message boards and on local sports talk radio was the end was near for Pistons coach Flip Saunders. Now, the national buzz has Saunders among the candidates for coaching jobs in Dallas, Chicago and perhaps Phoenix. One city's trash is another city's treasure, huh? 'Maybe they know more than I do,' Saunders joked. The reality is, Saunders' contract with the Pistons runs through next season, and any decision regarding his future would ...
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... Chris McCosky, The Detroit News: "A few days ago, after the Pistons had lost Game 3, the buzz in the newspapers, on the message boards and on local sports talk radio was the end was near for Pistons coach Flip Saunders. Now, the national buzz has Saunders among the candidates for coaching jobs in Dallas, Chicago and perhaps Phoenix. One city's trash is another city's treasure, huh? "Maybe they know more than I do," Saunders joked." ...
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