maxiel, daye, bynum, maggette, charlie, will all not be here next year.  Now if they are dominating someone in practice and it shows on the floor, then yes they should be getting time.  But if none of those guys presents a SUPER upgrade to the young player behind them…..DRUMMOND, ENGLISH, SLAVA, MIDDLETON, then that vets minutes should be the ones monitored and reduced.  WE need to see if the young guys can play.  What do we do go into the offseason, not knowing if drummonds production can hold up over 30minutes?  Can we determine if slava is just 6 hard fouls or can he stay on the floor and provide a defensive presence without fouling?  Can we see if english and middleton can make open shots consitently?  Do we go into next year with these questions not answered? 
NOW that would be a failure for the entire orginazation! FRUSTRATED! 
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What is Franks process for the young guys??  Wait till next year to see if they can play?  Lets say english is really an inconsistent shooter and gets beat horribly on defense by SF’s, BUT he plays great defense on sg’s, so now we know what he needs to work on in the off season and what the team has in english.  I mean its pretty obvious we are not making the playoffs this year.  So what is the goals now this year?? 

I always did find it funny that 90% of the time Frank completely segregates the first and second units. At first it bothered me because the first unit was awful, but I didn’t entirely mind because the second unit played the best basketball I’ve seen in this town since Chauncey was traded. Now it bothers me because it’s just plain uncreative, and as Bynum points out, it’s going to hurt the team’s cohesion. It’s harder to let your best five players finish the game when they’re not familiar with each other.

I’m in favor of a rotation that doesn’t go beyond nine guys. Eight would be ideal if you’ve got the personnel, which this team obviously does not. Ten is stretching it a little thin, but that’s also a product of the team, since somehow four years into the “rebuilding” process there are hardly any players here capable of shouldering a heavy burden night-in and night-out.

Dumars and Coach Frank should not be allowed to call the shots here. The team is a godawful mess, it’s not moving in the right direction, and neither one of them has the team’s best interest in mind. They’re both too desperate for the illusion of progress to fix this. Frank should be developing the guys who have a future here without regard to wins and losses, because once again the season is over in the first month. And Dumars should resign and issue a letter of apology, but I’d settle for shaking up the roster in a very big way and making bold moves instead of waiting for this uninspiring young core of marginally talented players to slowly develop.

So we have just had three coaches in a row now who have no idea what they’re doing?  The bottom line is that this team just isn’t very talented.  Monroe is very good, and everyone else is either garbage or a project.  The Pistons are losing because the players aren’t making plays, because they aren’t very good.

Frank can not coach, he put the craziest line-ups out on the court. He is not playing his best players and he is losing the locker room. The Team has talent; Charlie V and Daye are scorers and they want to play, but its hard to give a full effort when the coach don’t play you or give you few minutes.  I see another 25 and 57 season.