Michael Curry is a disgrace to the organizaion

Sorry, had to vent.

Only reason I can think of for him benching Iverson instead of Rip is because rip is the one with the 3-year contract, so he'd rather make Iverson pissed off than Rip.

Iverson is the one with the bad PR history, so if he shows up Iverson and Iverson gets pissed, he can easily spin it in his favor and make Iverson the bad guy.

Meanwhile, if he makes Rip pissed, it makes Curry look bad that one of the old guard can't stand him.

Not much of what Curry does is actually predicated on actual basketball. It's all about politics and massaging egos. Every decision is based on finding the right ass to kiss to put himself in position to keep his job.

I doubt he'd even be playing Stuckey this much if he wasn't sure it would make his boss happy.

Keep in mind, Curry is the same guy that couldn't play worth shit in Toronto, but kept his job because he agreed to play locker-room snitch for mangement.

he's even more clueless than Flip, at least Flip knows his Xs and Os shit and could run an OK offense

Michael Curry is one of the 5 worst coaches in the NBA right now. The Pistons won't win anything (and by anything, I mean a division, a playoff series, anything) with him running the show.

Let's keep this positive, though. And the positive is this. Joe Dumars has always been willing to admit he made a mistake and move forward. That's one of his strengths. It won't happen this season, but if this continues, I could see Dumars firing Curry after the season. He has 2 guaranteed years left at $2.5 million per, and if Davidson buys off on eating that, there's a chance this debacle could only last a year.

Benching Iverson? Never happened. He jammed a finger, if you're referring to today.

stuckey deserves to play this much. and more. but as for the rest.....

I can't wait to see Gutz' response to this thread.

Someone pass the virtual popcorn and virtual soda!

what kind of coach runs iso plays out of timeouts? Damnit...

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Originally Posted by DrRay11

what kind of coach runs iso plays out of timeouts? Damnit...

One's with superstars on their team. Maybe you were spoiled by the era of no superstars and team work. lol

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I can't wait to see Gutz' response to this thread.

What response, I'm not on anyone's side and Curry hasn't looked great so far. My only point has been patience and if anything else finding it weird how right i was about all the armchair fuckheads flip flopping and finger pointing when their wishing for a change turns into a new mountain to climb. Pussies have been spoiled by the luck of the rasheed trade, but swapping out a Pg for a SG isn't really a milk and cookies trade. And no matter who is coaching it's a shitty setup that Iverson can't be the starting PG for us that i feel Joe D hoped he could. Changes everything in a nutty trickled down effect. Good luck to whoever has to run a this roster as is. You now have two all star SG's who want to start, one of them being a complete liability on defense, more teams realizing they should go at Iverson, no true center worth a damn, a young PG learning on the fly, possibly your best all around player at SF struggling at PF, and a crop of very disappointing big men on your bench not counting Dyess.

As far as the thread goes, good luck. Don't know what Kstat's vendetta bitching and "threw him under the bus" threads gain, but good luck with it nonetheless.

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Sorry, had to vent.

I get that, or at least i would if this wasn't the millionth time in this young season.

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Originally Posted by Codename V

when their wishing for a change turns into a new mountain to climb.

Great line (and post) and 100% true. Not just in basketball.

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...some stuff about the pistons...

:cogent:

Curry lost me when he decided smallball was the way to go. I have little respect for teams without toughness, rebounding, and inside scoring.

Until he realizes that the best lineup is a NORMAL starting lineup, with Stuckey at the 1 and either Rip or AI off the bench, i have very little care for Curry.

Did our "normal" starting lineup have a worse record? I think they may have.

Either way Amir, Maxiell, and Kwame all haven't done much in the way of putting them in as Starters. Not saying I agree with Smallball, because I honestly dfon't. But based on the performance of our bigs, I can't knock him for pushing them all to the side not counting McDyess. Also I still hope we can trade Maxiell, hopefully his up and down effort can go on a hot streak to up his value.

http://fiyastarter.com/fs-pages/fs-s...arank08-7.html

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I thought I'd never see anyone as bad as Michael Curry was on a basketball court. He was truly terrible. Then, he got a coaching job. And he's worse at that. Awful player. But, he's managed to make the Pistons worse as their coach than he did as a bad player.

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Did our "normal" starting lineup have a worse record? I think they may have.

Either way Amir, Maxiell, and Kwame all haven't done much in the way of putting them in as Starters. Not saying I agree with Smallball, because I honestly dfon't. But based on the performance of our bigs, I can't knock him for pushing them all to the side not counting McDyess. Also I still hope we can trade Maxiell, hopefully his up and down effort can go on a hot streak to up his value.

What's our record when Stuckey starts at PG and we're not playing smallball?

1) Stuckey
2) AI or Rip
3) Prince
4) Amir
5) Sheed

or Sheed/Kwame depending on matchups.. which is what Curry was doing at one point I believe. IMO he did not give that a chance to develop, because he was still starting AI at PG and Rip at SG. Which is just not a good combination. But I do agree, we have problems with our big-men and there isn't a clear cut solution.

But either way, this team is better with Stuck starting at PG and imo isn't going anywhere in the playoffs playing smallball.

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What's our record when Stuckey starts at PG and we're not playing smallball?

1) Stuckey
2) AI or Rip
3) Prince
4) Amir
5) Sheed

or Sheed/Kwame depending on matchups.. which is what Curry was doing at one point I believe. IMO he did not give that a chance to develop, because he was still starting AI at PG and Rip at SG. Which is just not a good combination. But I do agree, we have problems with our big-men and there isn't a clear cut solution.

But either way, this team is better with Stuck starting at PG and imo isn't going anywhere in the playoffs playing smallball.

1.) i'm not making any predictions until i see where we are at the end of the year.
2.) At least we are in agree about our big men being failures so far.

3.) If there isn't a clear cut solution why are you so dead set on drawing up scenarios that probably fail just as bad if not worse? Do i see us playing small ball for the long haul? No, mainly because its a move based on our big men rotation's suckage. With that in mind i there will be some tweaking of the roster at some point.

3.) Smallball or not, we arent going anywhere is iverson is going to be a bullseye every night by the other team's lined up against him. There is alot to correct by season's end. But that was the reality since the moment it was realized that iverson can't be the scoring PG The pistons hoped for. Stop trying to draw up quick fix answers, there are none and we will probably go through more changes before playoffs hit. Its a bumpy ride that only gets bumpier.