Rip makes the whole team better.

There are two Pistons whipping boys on this forum

Flipper and Rip. When things go a little south for us one or both get blamed based upon whatever seems to be the whim at the moment.

Flipper I can understand because there has been a great disappointment among many on the forum that we haven't won a ring since Brown was coach and Brown was very popular among many posters here.

Rip I can understand because there are a lot of posters here who were and are still ticked off that Joe D. traded Stackhouse, a big favorite, for Rip.

I imagine that when Broken Hand starts playing and making rookie mistakes that a lot of posters will start bashing him simply because he wears #3. Again understandable.

Cheers