Flip Saunders Quote Translator - Page 2 - Detroit Pistons Fan Community

BallDon'tLie · #11 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 11:28 AM

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"What you have to understand is, with young players, every game is a new game,"

Translation: "Once the playoffs begin, I will have absolutely NO recollection of the progress that our young reserves made during the regular season. I plan on going to a seven-man rotation with Hunter and Dale Davis coming off of the bench."

BallDon'tLie · #12 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 09:54 AM

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"We're a veteran team -- that can't happen to us,"

Translation: "We're a veteran team. I'm not playing Amir in the playoffs and this game tonight in Utah clearly illustrates that! ...Hey, if that's Joe on the phone, tell him I get really bad cel reception here in the Energy Solutions Arena locker room and I'll try and call him back later."

TaShawn · #13 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 01:11 PM

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The thing with youth is, you don't know what to expect -- good or bad. I think if you know that going in, sometimes you have to adapt on the fly.

"I have no idea what our young players are capable of, so I will assume the worst. Even so, when they surpise me with good play, I will sometimes leave them in the game and take credit for it afterwards."

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We have a pretty good luxury, that we have a core that we can win with right now, but we have the ability to play young guys to have a situation to win in the future.

"We are best when we primarily play our core guys. The reason I play the bench during the regular season is to develop them for next year and beyond. When the playoffs arrive, training time is over and it will be back to the core."

TaShawn · #14 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 02:28 AM

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We got into a situation where (Utah) made a run (at the end of the third quarter) and then it was too late (to play Amir).

When the momentum is going against us, I think that playing the starters is the way to go. Utah took the momentum, and playing Amir at that point would have been utterly foolish. My job is to win and that is what I was trying to do. I wish I would have played Amir when we were up 18 so that this would not be an issue.

BallDon'tLie · #15 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 10:04 AM

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"We have to start Stuckey," coach Flip Saunders said. "The only other guy is Lindsey Hunter."

Translation: "Uhhh, well, We don't have anyone else except Lindsey. Uhhh, I guess we could activate Abdenour. He knows the plays better than the new guy, Dixon. There's just gotta be a way to get out of starting a rookie..."

roscoe36 · #16 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 10:20 AM

This thread is fantastic!

16 Mile · #17 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Flip

Where was Johnson?

Saunders took full blame for Amir Johnson not playing at Utah Wednesday.
"You know, Maxey (Jason Maxiell ) was playing well and we were trying to match things up, but we probably made a mistake," he said.

I forgot Amir was on the team.

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Originally Posted by Flip

"We should have played Amir. We got into a situation where (Utah) made a run (at the end of the third quarter) and then it was too late."

By the time I remembered he was on the team, we were down big, and I didn't want Amir to come in and play well, which would have made me look like an idiot for having not played him earlier.

roscoe36 · #18 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 04:24 PM

How long is Flip going to get away with this total bullshoot excuse, that he forgets to play rotation players.

Does he think we are stupid, or is he too stupid to be the coach?

Darth Tater · #19 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by roscoe36

How long is Flip going to get away with this total bullshoot excuse, that he forgets to play rotation players.

Does he think we are stupid, or is he too stupid to be the coach?

Translation: Flip Saunders is a &*%#%#$@9%@!@!!^**&*% idiot. I'm going to sic my pet polar bear on him.

coynejeremy · #20 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Darth Tater

Translation: Flip Saunders is a &*%#%#$@9%@!@!!^**&*% idiot. I'm going to sic my pet polar bear on him.

Was that a LOST reference?