Comments on: Rodney Stuckey and John Kuester have clashed before, Kuester’s job not in jeopardy and Tracy McGrady steps up in team meeting http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/rodney-stuckey-and-john-kuester-have-clashed-before-kuesters-job-no-in-jeopardy-and-tracy-mcgrady-steps-up-in-team-meeting/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:22:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Laser http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/rodney-stuckey-and-john-kuester-have-clashed-before-kuesters-job-no-in-jeopardy-and-tracy-mcgrady-steps-up-in-team-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-10236 Laser Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:43:32 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/rodney-stuckey-and-john-kuester-have-clashed-before-kuesters-job-no-in-jeopardy-and-tracy-mcgrady-steps-up-in-team-meeting/#comment-10236 1) not too surprised about t-mac stepping up. he's probably a better natural leader than anyone on the team. he's certainly done a great job making decisions with the ball in his hands. i've been impressed with the guy. still need to shed a guard, though.   2) you don't want to pay someone NOT to coach, don't hire a parade of rookie coaches. dude gets $1.5m a year. when we handed around that to t-mac it was considered "nothing." absolutely nothing. so we learn from our mistakes, pay him to go away, and hire a COACH. a leader, someone with fire, someone with a vision. we paid curry $2.5m a year for three years, even though he only coached one. we can afford to pay kuester a year and a half's salary if it means we can stop treading water (or is it "drowning" by now?) and pick a damn direction already. if we fire him 1/3 into the season, his "severance package" will be half what we paid curry to disappear. 1) not too surprised about t-mac stepping up. he’s probably a better natural leader than anyone on the team. he’s certainly done a great job making decisions with the ball in his hands. i’ve been impressed with the guy. still need to shed a guard, though.
 
2) you don’t want to pay someone NOT to coach, don’t hire a parade of rookie coaches. dude gets $1.5m a year. when we handed around that to t-mac it was considered “nothing.” absolutely nothing. so we learn from our mistakes, pay him to go away, and hire a COACH. a leader, someone with fire, someone with a vision. we paid curry $2.5m a year for three years, even though he only coached one. we can afford to pay kuester a year and a half’s salary if it means we can stop treading water (or is it “drowning” by now?) and pick a damn direction already. if we fire him 1/3 into the season, his “severance package” will be half what we paid curry to disappear.

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