Detroit is taking a hit
Did you see:
Jason Whitlock?
Scoop Jackson?
Man, are we taking a hit. There is a lot of anger out there. People mad at the Pistons for breaking up such a feel-good story. A team in its relative prime having to rebuild with a new coach and new system while trying to win a championship? With an unproven coach?
What amazes me about the entire ordeal is not that it happened. As we've discussed in the previous post, this day was preordained, destined to happen from the moment Joe D decided to trade up and kicked Rick to the curb. I'm not even so surprised that it happened so soon. Larry isn't used to being on the mountaintop, and clearly was uncomfortable with being in a good situation. What has amazed me is that everyone is blaming everyone else for using the media to spread rumors and innuendo, trying to "get their story out," and generally behaving like spineless scum. Joe Glass says the Pistons had no plans to bring Larry back and orchestrated this so that they could justify moving on. The Pistons say Larry had no intention of coming back, and orchestrated this so HE could justify moving on. Joe Dumars says Joe Glass is lying and playing the media like a fiddle when he says Larry is the victim. Brown, with the help of Jackson and Whitlock, says Matt Dobek, Tom Wilson, and the entire organization, are not committed to winning, wanted him out, lined up Flip, and used this as an excuse to make a change.
Someone, help me. Please!!! I am tired of the drama, media attention, national scorn. We are a lunch pail city, and we need a lunch pail team led by a lunch pail coach playing in a lunch pail arena. Oh, 3 out of 4 ain't bad. Can we please move on, get back to the business of playing ball.
And memo to Chauncey, Ben, Rip, Tayshaun, and the rest: Don't let Brown, Whitlock, Jackson, Glass, Carlisle, or anybody else be able to come back next May-June and say, "I told you so."
posted by SportPsych Detroit @ 3:18 PM
4 Comments:
yeah, but even a pistons fan can see they have no loyalty to their coaches..the minute they have outlived their usefulness, the pistons cut 'em loose
That goes all the way to Isaiah.
And there is no loyalty in sports. The NBA doesn't even want fans to be loyal to their teams; it's why they market individual players instead of teams. That way, when your team sucks, as is bound to happen eventually, you still feel connected to the NBA.
sportspsych-
First, let me say howdy. AT referred me and the rest of his blogdience (did I just invent a new word?). I've enjoyed your blog so far. Second, I have to side with the Pistons administration on this one. Did anyone honestly think that LB would stay the full five years? Has he ever fulfilled a contract in his life? Had he just had the health problems, I might have some sympathy for him, but he kept the Cavaliers rumor alive during the freakin' playoffs. Sure, he made some statements, but nothing definite that would have ended the discussion. He has had one foot out the door since last June. I'll leave it to you to diagnose what possesses LB to keep loving and leaving.
Zwicker,
Thanks for comin' aboard. I lean toward blaming LB for this mess, but the Pistons are to blame for not recognizing when they first courted him that it would end this way. They clearly are not as sophisticated as he is in massaging the media to get their message out.
Diagnosing LB from a distance is a difficult, but fun thing to do...we psychologists get off on that stuff at parties.
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