Rosie is a known organization mouth piece. If he's carrying this story, this way, it means that the Pistons are setting the stage from a propaganda viewpoint to let Saunders go.

Who knows when Flip lost the team exactly, but this article says to me, that Flip has now lost Dumars. He's no longer under the corporate veil of excuse making.

On the flip side (pardon the pun), it means the players might be getting a pass.