Comments on: Austin Daye in favor of Pistons choosing Lawrence Frank as coach

By: Dan Feldman

Dan Feldman — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:34:14 +0000

How will Gores know which player said it?

By: oats

oats — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:30:05 +0000

Oddly enough, many good coaches get criticized for not doing that when it wasn’t clear who the best players were. Before bringing in Allen and Garnett, Doc Rivers was routinely criticized (most vocally by the Sports Guy) for tossing 11 or 12 players into the game in the first half alone. When he had more separation between the talent of his 9th guy and his 12th guy due to moves his GM made, that problem was fixed.

By: bball4224

bball4224 — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:49:21 +0000

It’s probably someone who was w/ the Championship team and wanted Woodson.

By: brgulker

brgulker — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:56:58 +0000

You know you can’t fire players in the NBA, right?

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:59:14 +0000

Its pretty simple. Whoever that player was that said that to Foster is pretty much out of here, once Gores hears that.

An employee never undermines an owner’s business decision, in any business, and sticks around very long. Especially when that decision had nothing to do with the employee, directly, and the employee’s reaction was immediately following the news.

I know if was an owner, and I had been contemplating a difficult and very important decision for over a month, and finally made my decision, only to have some punk player tell me it was the wrong decision an hour later, he would be packing his bags swiftly.

By: khandor

khandor — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:57:36 +0000

expect Lawrence Frank to establish a solid 8-9 player rotation for the Pistons, clarifying each of their roles and creating a definitive pecking order for the remainder of the roster. This is something which good NBA coaches do in their sleep [so-to-speak] … and something which J-Kuester was unable to ever do over the course of his 2 seasons as Detroit’s head coach. Expect Lawrence Frank to do a good job coaching the Pistons and for him to un-muddy the waters fairly quickly for the Pistons at the crucial PG, OG and SF positions, re: the collective mess that exists with:
Stuckey – No. 1 PG, until further notice
Knight – No. 2 PG, until further notice
Bynum – No. 3 PG, or traded
Hamilton – No. 1 OG, or traded
Gordon – No. 2 OG, or traded
White – No. 3 OG, or traded
Daye – ensconced at the Forward position with, either, Prince or Jerebko [if Prince is not re-signed or traded]
For each of the last 3 seasons, the Pistons have had solid [although far from great!] NBA-level talent that has simply not been used properly by M-Curry and then J-Kuester.
In this same regard, at least Lawrence Frank actually knows what he’s doing as a legitimate NBA head coach.

By: RyanK

RyanK — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:04:42 +0000

I don’t know what to expect from Frank, but he’ll probably be better than Q. He has a lot of head coaching experience. If he’s a smart man, he probably learned a lot as an assistant to Doc Rivers. The experience of working with Rondo and Kidd will hopefully give him tools to help Knight develop into a player who is as likely to pass as shoot…Stuckey as well.

I hope they get an assistant who can work with Monroe the same way…not saying Frank can’t…I just don’t know.

We have young guys who have talent and are hard workers: Jonas, Monroe, Bynum (not really young), Knight, and Singler. Joe needs to trade all these entitled/lazy/one-way veterans for veterans who can help rebuild the culture of going to work every night. Find the Cliff Robinson, Jon Barry, and Corliss Williamson to get the train back on the tracks. A championship next season isn’t the goal…going the right direction is!

By: Marvin Jones

Marvin Jones — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:02:58 +0000

I have no problem with the Frank hiring, he will stress defense and he’s shown a willingness to run and he’s an absolute gym rat of a coach. All the little “details” that win games will be covered and the players will be prepared when they step onto the court. I did not want another Larry Brown protege with a walk it up slow down style that ran counter to the strengths of the young players on this team. I think Frank will do well.