Originally Posted by round

Yep we knew what we were getting, but I think Larry expected to not win a ship his first year, and neither did Dumars..... The early win just messed everything up. Larry had done his 3 year job in a year, so he felt it was time to move on....

I will never be convinced that he wanted to come back for a third year, and the way he went about trying to get out of detroit is what leaves a bad taste in my mouth.... if he could have just said, Listen I have done all I can do with this guys and I need a new challenge and left for his next team I would have said..... "I think your nuts.... but I respect you for the honesty."