WHAT A DECISION!

What's on your head Joe?! Joe Dumars and the Detroit Pistons had just fired Flip Saunders as coach of the motown outfit. Saunders had just led the Pistons to the Eastern Conference finals for the 3rd straight year and suddenly became the scape goat for their failure to topple the powerhouse Boston Celtics in the recently concluded eastern conference finale.

The decision caught the NBA pundits by surprise considering that Dumars and Saunders seemed to be on good vibes a few days after the series with the Celts was over. Everybody is looking forward for a revamp of the Detroit lineup but not the coaching staff.

It seems Dumars had become too greedy with the NBA hardware since winning the 2004 diadem. But with 6 straight conference finals appearance, the Pistons are in a position where 27 other NBA teams would love to be.

Saunders compiled an eye-popping 176-70 win-loss record or a winning percentage of .715 in 3 marvelous seasons with Detroit. Before joining the Pistons in 2005, Saunders coached the Minnesota Timberwolves for 10 straight seasons (1995-2005). He also had a coaching record of 587-396 win-loss mark in 13 NBA seasons (.597 winning percentage).

The Pistons is one of the teams I used to admire because of its good management, which resulted into winning the 2004 NBA title over the then heavily favored Lakers team. But right now I can honestly can say that the once-proud franchise is at a lost and shall continue to rock the boat until it turns downward and sink further to the doldrums. What a waste!