You always lost, everytime you had the best You're still no good, haven't passed a single test Everytime they knew they had you caught You were slower than they thought You'd open your mouth and talk You always said, the flex would never do you wrong The trick you said was never play the bench too long A zone defense, the only risk that you would take The only loss you could forsake The only bluff you couldn't fake And you're still the same I caught up with you yesterday Moving game to game No Ben standing in your way Turning on the charm Long enough to get you by You're still the same You still sound high There you stood, everybody watched them play I just turned and walked away I had nothing left to say cause you're still the same You're still the same Moving game to game Some things never change You're still the same Adapted from Bob Seger's "Still the Same"
Shoot roscoe, give me the chords and I'll play it on my ukulele. We can tour the discgruntled pistons fan circuit. Linwood will play lead guitar.
We'll call you Tiny Slippy. Sing it: Tiptoe through the palace... (OK, I know I lost the young uns on that one.)
I knew when Flip pulled out the 48 min stat line...we were finished. Or, we were being coached by Lee
I think getting to the ECF's at a minimum. But it will depend on how we play that will be the deciding factor. I don't think its realistic to expect your team to get to the finals every single season. But if we see another poor coaching performance, little to no adjustments, and another playoff collapse, I can't see Joe D. NOT pulling the trigger.
It may not matter even what Flip does. Joe's developing a pattern of 2 and out with his coaches. Coaches might start thinking twice before coming to 2 and NoMotown.
The issue is that Flip signed a long term deal. Carlisle (if my memory serves right) got the shaft with a promised contract renewal that was rescinded with the availability of LB. Now at the end of year 3, should things not be going well, it would be great if Atlanta fired Mike Woodson and he became available as a "budget" coach.
what about Stan Van Jeremy? Can't he bail on his Miami contract and just lose the pay or because he quit is he obligated to wait it out? I am over Flip. what ever happens, Flip has lost me with his lame excuses and poor assesment of why we lost last year.
As long as NBA head coaching is a white collar crime I don't any reason to fight working 2 years and getting paid for 3-5 ! The money's great.
HOW LONG? I do remember all those media sessions where Joe talked about the reason he was so happy to get Flip Saunders was because he wanted someone who would stay a long time. Flip was in Minnesota for 10 years! Yikes. Why would Joe sign a long tern deal with Flip, with his track record of playoff meltdowns? I thought we were on a year to year deal with this guy (wishful thinking I guess). HOW LONG, LORD, HOW LONG?:P
That's the scary thing about Joe. We all knew LB wouldn't be here long, so Joe had 2 years to do a pretty thorough evaluation of what coaches would be out there and available. And this is what he came up with -- a coach obviously not smart enough or thoughtful enough to take a team to a title. Shouldn't that have come up in the interview process? Didn't Joe do his due diligence? I'd really like to know his thought process on this one.
