Wizards Insider (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
After the Detroit Pistons finished Eastern Conference runner-up for the third consecutive year, Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars fired Flip Saunders and promised that he would make "significant changes" to his team in the offseason. He bluntly sent a message to every player on his roster that "everybody is in play" and "there are no sacred cows here." Most people expected Dumars...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
DETROIT - The Detroit Pistons have tabbed Michael Curry, an assistant under sacked Flip Saunders, as their new head coach, the National Basketball Association team said Monday.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) In the morning, the Detroit Pistons fired Flip Saunders. By the afternoon, the players were put on notice. "I'm not going to sit here and make Flip the scapegoat," president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said Tuesday. "Everybody is in play." Read the full story
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
On Tuesday morning, the Pistons fired coach Flip Saunders. By the afternoon, the players were put on notice. "I'm not going to sit here and make Flip the scapegoat," president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said. "Everybody is in play." Dumars publicly...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
On Tuesday morning, the Pistons fired coach Flip Saunders. By the afternoon, the players were put on notice. "I'm not going to sit here and make Flip the scapegoat," president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said. "Everybody is in play." Dumars publicly...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
In the morning, the Detroit Pistons fired Flip Saunders. By the afternoon, the players were put on notice. "I'm not going to sit here and make Flip the scapegoat," president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said Tuesday. "Everybody is in play."
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Joe Dumars, the Detroit Pistons' president of basketball operations, discusses the reasons for firing Flip Saunders and other possible changes for the Detroit Pistons
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Detroit's president of basketball operations Joe Dumars gave Flip Saunders a raw deal when he relieved him of his duties as head coach of the Pistons on Tuesday.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Detroit's president of basketball operations Joe Dumars gave Flip Saunders a raw deal when he relieved him of his duties as head coach of the Pistons on Tuesday.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Flip Saunders was fired as Detroit Pistons coach Tuesday, four days after his team was eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals. President of basketball operations Joe Dumars said it's "time for a new voice to lead our team." Saunders...
Detroit Bad Boys (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
From the Detroit Free Press: In a statement released this morning, president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said: “Decisions like this are difficult to make, especially with the success we have had throughout the last three regular-seasons. However, at this time, I feel it is necessary to make a change. I thank Flip for his hard [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Pistons coach Flip Saunders often compares his basketball team to a running football team. It plays best when ahead because if it's forced to play catch-up, it's playing out of character.
