Comments on: Who is ultimately going to take the blame if the Pistons uninspired play continues? http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Wed, 22 May 2013 05:17:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mike http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9917 Mike Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:45:03 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3635#comment-9917 I was at the Atlanta game sat behind the bench.  Prince's body language is not good.  Not very interested in what's going on during timeouts.  Sometimes standing so far it was clear he couldn't hear.  He's the prime guy to trade (if Dumars is allowed) because he has an expiring contract.  I doubt people want Rip's contract as he has 3 years left. Wallace came out in the 1st quarter - didn't return.  Stuckey came out 2nd quarter didn't return.  On D Monroe was torched by Zsa Zsa - needs to get stronger / more aware.  He did attack the basket on offense.  He has some ability. I was at the Atlanta game sat behind the bench.  Prince’s body language is not good.  Not very interested in what’s going on during timeouts.  Sometimes standing so far it was clear he couldn’t hear.  He’s the prime guy to trade (if Dumars is allowed) because he has an expiring contract.  I doubt people want Rip’s contract as he has 3 years left.
Wallace came out in the 1st quarter – didn’t return.  Stuckey came out 2nd quarter didn’t return.  On D Monroe was torched by Zsa Zsa – needs to get stronger / more aware.  He did attack the basket on offense.  He has some ability.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9903 Patrick Hayes Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:54:09 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3635#comment-9903 @nuetes: "but 0-4 could turn into 0-12 with this schedule" Exactly, and no coach of any team (except for maybe a first-year coach of a rebuilding project) would survive that kind of start. The team has to show progress quickly, or they're going to make a change. @nuetes:
“but 0-4 could turn into 0-12 with this schedule”
Exactly, and no coach of any team (except for maybe a first-year coach of a rebuilding project) would survive that kind of start. The team has to show progress quickly, or they’re going to make a change.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9900 Patrick Hayes Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:52:47 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3635#comment-9900 @Laser: "also, the fact that i’m the only one who’s able to decipher kuester’s offensive system is ridiculous. why does nobody notice that all we run are isolation plays?" Uh ... a lot of people have noticed that. @Laser:
“also, the fact that i’m the only one who’s able to decipher kuester’s offensive system is ridiculous. why does nobody notice that all we run are isolation plays?”
Uh … a lot of people have noticed that.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9899 Patrick Hayes Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:52:04 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3635#comment-9899 @brgulker: "The players we have are mediocre, and they don’t complement each other particularly well. That’s on Dumars. If he fires Q because of that, well, maybe that’s something our new owner needs to consider" Don't disagree, but the coach will always go before the GM does. And although Dumars assembled the mess, it's not as if Kuester has done anything to prove he should hang around either. At least Dumars has the glory days to lean on. Kuester has nothing. @brgulker:
“The players we have are mediocre, and they don’t complement each other particularly well. That’s on Dumars. If he fires Q because of that, well, maybe that’s something our new owner needs to consider”
Don’t disagree, but the coach will always go before the GM does. And although Dumars assembled the mess, it’s not as if Kuester has done anything to prove he should hang around either. At least Dumars has the glory days to lean on. Kuester has nothing.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9898 Patrick Hayes Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:49:43 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3635#comment-9898 @J-Rog: "Kuester isn’t going anywhere right now, I just can’t see the team eating his contract in the middle of a sale, but if he can’t gain the respect of his players, this season is going to be brutally long." Well, in two days, Prince and Wallace both bristled at Kuester's comments publicly and Stuckey is now openly fighting with him. A guy who can't get along with arguably his three most important players just simply can't stay on as coach. @J-Rog:
“Kuester isn’t going anywhere right now, I just can’t see the team eating his contract in the middle of a sale, but if he can’t gain the respect of his players, this season is going to be brutally long.”
Well, in two days, Prince and Wallace both bristled at Kuester’s comments publicly and Stuckey is now openly fighting with him. A guy who can’t get along with arguably his three most important players just simply can’t stay on as coach.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9897 Patrick Hayes Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:48:06 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3635#comment-9897 @Alan: "So, it’s up to Stuckey to show us he is who Dumars thought he could be.  That’s what we need from him." Billups would never feud with a coach, even with a coach he didn't respect. Billups was and is a true professional. Stuckey is immature and hasn't shown he's committed to improving. @Alan:
“So, it’s up to Stuckey to show us he is who Dumars thought he could be.  That’s what we need from him.”
Billups would never feud with a coach, even with a coach he didn’t respect. Billups was and is a true professional. Stuckey is immature and hasn’t shown he’s committed to improving.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9896 Patrick Hayes Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:43:51 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3635#comment-9896 @nuetes: "I don’t know how fast he could even get a trade to materialize to alleviate some of this discontent if he tried." Exactly. There's not even anyone in play trade-wise right now, other teams haven't had a chance to completely kill their season in the first five games. I don't think even Laser could've predicted a worse start. @nuetes:
“I don’t know how fast he could even get a trade to materialize to alleviate some of this discontent if he tried.”
Exactly. There’s not even anyone in play trade-wise right now, other teams haven’t had a chance to completely kill their season in the first five games. I don’t think even Laser could’ve predicted a worse start.

]]> By: nuetes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9875 nuetes Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:20:59 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3635#comment-9875 If Jerebko was healthy we would be 4-0, and a 50 win team. I guess we will just have to wait until next year to find out how good we could have been this year.   Ridiculous. If Jerebko was healthy we would be 4-0, and a 50 win team. I guess we will just have to wait until next year to find out how good we could have been this year.
 
Ridiculous.

]]> By: Alan http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9868 Alan Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:56:22 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3635#comment-9868 @Laser, You are the devil. @Laser,

You are the devil.

]]> By: Laser http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/11/who-is-ultimately-going-to-take-the-blame-if-the-pistons-uninspired-play-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-9867 Laser Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:43:50 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3635#comment-9867 guys, be patient. we have a lot of injured players right now. injuries are the key. let's reserve judgment until the team has a chance to get fully healthy, no matter how long that may take. hasn't that been the whole plan since last season? evaluate the team and see what we have, then decide if we want to make moves or not. why should we change things now? let's just play it safe and change nothing until eventually we see the results we're waiting for. only then should we stop evaluating things and pick a direction. i think this team can be good! rip hamilton is an all-star! t-mac! guys, be patient. we have a lot of injured players right now. injuries are the key. let’s reserve judgment until the team has a chance to get fully healthy, no matter how long that may take. hasn’t that been the whole plan since last season? evaluate the team and see what we have, then decide if we want to make moves or not. why should we change things now? let’s just play it safe and change nothing until eventually we see the results we’re waiting for. only then should we stop evaluating things and pick a direction. i think this team can be good! rip hamilton is an all-star! t-mac!

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