MICHAEL CURRY IS FIRED!!

G-man · Jul 1, 2009

Nemo said: ↑

Gotta bad feeling about this one...Look for Joe to hire somebody that most of us won't be happy with. Still don't think Bill is coming aboard.

You think?

Teal was the Grant Hill horsepower era. They were entertaining if not insurmountable.

Grant Hill, Dominating @ 15 years old , Video | NESW Sports, Sports Videos

Two of the defining moments in the recent history of the Pistons took place when the teal jersey was in play, the drafting of Grant Hill and the midnight exit of Grant Hill.

I have a framed Hill "horsepower" Jersey hanging on the wall. (don't tell anyone)

roscoe36 · Jul 1, 2009

TaShawn said: ↑

Did you root for them when they changed the uniform to teal?

I was in Western Canada, with little access to games. So I sorta got off easy.

TaS · Jul 1, 2009

BallDon'tLie said: ↑

I feel like an idiot for saying it but,
...Yes.

So the only common denominator is the word "Detroit" on the chest.

I'm there too. Living in a different city makes me realize how impossible it is for me to really root for another city's teams.

BallDon'tLie · Jul 1, 2009

G-man said: ↑

Two of the defining moments in the recent history of the Pistons took place when the teal jersey was in play, the drafting of Grant Hill and the midnight exit of Grant Hill.

I have a framed Hill "horsepower" Jersey hanging on the wall.

I have a Dumars teal jersey.

I wish I had a Don Reid one.

mikhail1973 · Jul 1, 2009

BallDon'tLie said: ↑

I have a Dumars teal jersey.

I wish I had a Don Reid one.

Any chance for Eric Montross jersey?

Latinoking90 · Jul 1, 2009

TaShawn said: ↑

Living in a different city makes me realize how impossible it is for me to really root for another city's teams.

Really? I would have thought with the Internet it would be easy.

I have experience with this (I root for like 5 teams that aren't in Detroit) and it hasn't been difficult.

Forums and RSS Feeds help a lot!!

TheeTFD · Jul 1, 2009

G-man said: ↑

"When will Joe D be held accountable? He hired Curry, he traded CB for AI. I personally had no problem w/ that without the benefit of hindsight. In short Joe is also culpable for the Pistons situation, but the scape goats are the HC. Will Joe fire himself next?" Anakin

I don't get it. Did most of you guys really think we were going to win it all last season with Iverson on board? Cause personally, I never thought it was going to happen. Iverson in his younger days never won it, Iverson coached by better coaches never won it, he didn't get it done in the east or the west. We got an older version, not a wiser version.
I thought we'd clear the second rung. We had Amir in the core man.

I've got a great looking 1994 GMC truck parked in my garage, no visible damage. It idles like a kitten purring. Put it on the freeway ramp and it starts belching smoke like an old coal burning locomotive going up a mountain side. That was the Iverson that played for us.

I too expected us to be more competitive than we were. I expected the game to look like they were having some fun. Like those first few games with Chris Webber in a Pistons jersey when he was actually passing the ball (remember that week?).

I expected Iverson to actually fulfill his contract since it was the ending year and he was facing one last deal in 2010. When he quit on the team, he screwed it. He never gave 100% let alone 110%. It wasn't Dumars that screwed the pooch, it was Iverson.
I hold no ill will toward AI, now that I see what he was up against. If AI doesn't shut it down, do we still have Curry? You don't jerk with the minutes !

I honestly don't believe he had it in him to give. Like Webber.
He never got into a rythm cause he's broken. His petulance, his quitting was first about the frustration you feel when you suddenly realize you can't go 10 rounds with the young guy across the ring, second about protecting himself and his 2010 deal making by feigning injury and limiting his market exposure.
AI aint a quitter. Some of what you say above is true but AI would've gone done shooting.

It should be noted that neither had we gotten it done in the last couple years with Billups. That's how we got Iversons contract.
While Billups looked refreshed and helped guide the Nuggets to the Western Finals, C-note vanished, disappeared (poof gone!), in the last two games against LA. He failed to get it done too.
Now Nuggs only need minor tweaking.

That's perspective. It is what it is.

So I don't get the amount of venom directed at a guy in over his head, (Curry) as if he personally crapped a Championship run down the commode. When Iverson went sideways so did our guys. Cause and effect. We lost the same composure we'd lost in the last couple seasons before Iverson, but instead of a little leak we bled like stuck pigs.
Curry made his own bed, lied down on it, and pissed.

Same with Dumars, he knew we weren't going to win it this year, he was attempting to keep "cheeks in the seats" and to provide some spark until he could cash in the big chip. He didn't anticipate that his locker room wouldn't, couldn't keep Iverson in check or that they might actually mutiny with him.
I have no clue what JD is up to. But letting Curry jerk with the minutes is unexcuseable.

So yes we should've put on a better show. Yes we should've gotten past the first round on paper cause with a better record we wouldn't been forced to face Cleveland so early. But none of that changes the fact that Iverson was brought here to leave here not live here. Which by the way Dumars said repeatedly.
Still AI played well.

So it seems the only folks that actually thought it had the potential to be the 2008/2009 Championship team are residing in this forum.

Just for grins, supposing Cleveland & Orlando had major blowouts and we had faced LA in the Championship, anyone in here really think we would have beat them? Really?
I would've love to see Amir smack down some Kobe.

And if Kobe had suddenly come down with an intense case of the Swine Flu, and we won it all, would you be hollering now to extend Iversons contract? Cause if Dumars then refused to give the guy say 15-18 a year ya'll would be kickin dirt on his grave claiming he robbed us of our legacy..
Let's not go there...

What I think this season teaches Dumars? Trade them sooner. Don't try to build a 6-8 year dynasty cause the dynamics are just too hard to control. You can influence them, but you can't harness them. A solid 4
or 5 year run, then move 40% down the road to freshen the brains, blood and legs. Don't get caught putting on a song & dance show with geriatric players. Don't let father time, loyalty and long contracts catch you sleeping.
Tweak it,yeah. But if players see too many 3 and outs, would they still come?

Of course that would keep 50% of this forum frothing and spitting that we just got rid of future hof'ers, but that's the way sausage is really made..

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Yeah "Disposable Stars" make the world turn.

TaS · Jul 2, 2009

Latinoking90 said: ↑

Really? I would have thought with the Internet it would be easy.

I have experience with this (I root for like 5 teams that aren't in Detroit) and it hasn't been difficult.

Forums and RSS Feeds help a lot!!

I just mean that even though I'm living in Chicago and have been for 10 years now, I just don't find myself having any feelings for the Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Hawks, or Bears. When they are on a roll and the whole city is hype about them, I'll get swept up in it a bit and go to the bar to watch a big game, etc... but when they lose, I just don't feel any emotions.

The teams that you root for when you are around 8 years old just seem to be imprinted on you.

roscoe36 · Jul 2, 2009

It's true. I lived in Vancouver, Calgary and I never got into the teams. In fact, I got a bunch of my buddies to become Detroit Lions and Pistons fans because they didn't have basketball or football teams for their towns.

lpgrl26 · Jul 2, 2009

TaShawn said: ↑

I just mean that even though I'm living in Chicago and have been for 10 years now, I just don't find myself having any feelings for the Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Hawks, or Bears. When they are on a roll and the whole city is hype about them, I'll get swept up in it a bit and go to the bar to watch a big game, etc... but when they lose, I just don't feel any emotions.

The teams that you root for when you are around 8 years old just seem to be imprinted on you.

This is exactly how i feel about the Mets,Knicks,etc

BallDon'tLie · Jul 2, 2009

TaShawn said: ↑

The teams that you root for when you are around 8 years old just seem to be imprinted on you.

Fosho TaS!

It's made a little easier for me in Denver due to what I call the "Aves factor". I could NEVER root for the Avalanche and because so many Aves fans cross over to the other pro sports here, it makes it pretty simple for me to be detached.

I admit that I do pull for Chauncey but I couldn't become even a casual Nuggets fan unless they traded/released the likes of Melo, K-Mart, JR Smith, etc.

Thanks to NBALP and PF.Com I don't have to!

NYPistonFan729 · Jul 2, 2009

lpgrl26 said: ↑

This is exactly how i feel about the Mets,Knicks,etc

I love the Mets.

lpgrl26 · Jul 2, 2009

NYPistonFan729 said: ↑

I love the Mets.

Thank God. I couldn't respond to your posts anymore if you were a yankees fan LOL j/k.

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