William Davidson Should Have Said More About Isiah Thomas--Or Less

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David Friedman David Friedman posted 9/8/2008 from 20secondtimeout.blogspot.com [flag]
Mitch Albom recently conducted a lengthy interview with Pistons' owner William Davidson. Davidson offered interesting, intelligent and insightful takes on a wide range of subjects but his comments about Isiah Thomas made me wish that he had either said a lot more--or a little less [link]

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The Fundamentals
Published 9/8/2008 by Brandon Hoffman at ballerblogger.com
... 20 Second Timeout:  “The general public does not have a very high opinion of Thomas at the moment, so the reaction to Davidson’s comments by Detroit fans may be either “So what?” or “Good riddance” but that still does not make it right for Davidson to put Thomas’ name in a negative light without making a specific allegation that Thomas could refute if he so desired. Davidson could have either simply said, “I had planned to hire Isiah after he retired but then I decided to go in a different direction” or he could have offered ...

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