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Jun 3rd, 2008
Flip OutThis is a special feature by guest blogger Christopher  Sells.

Most franchises would view a trip to the conference finals as a success. For the Detroit Pistons, this is not the case. They've been in the conference finals in each of the last several years, advancing to the NBA Finals only twice.

So what do teams do these days when the team underperforms? They fire their coach. Bye bye, Flip.

Flip Saunders got three chances to get Detroit over the hump and he failed each time. When you're employed by a franchise that gets rid of coaches who have just won a championship or who have posted back-to-back 50-win seasons, you should feel lucky that you got three chances at all.

One has to wonder exactly what Joe Dumars and Co. expected from Saunders. After all, his reputation in Minnesota, his previous job, was that he couldn't get a team out of the first round. After all, he only did it once and it took career years from Kevin Garnett, Latrell Sprewell and Sam Cassell.

So Detroit is now left to look for a coach that will mesh well with this team, along with improving the roster in some way that will return them to the pinnacle of the conference. Flip will either catch on with a team somewhere or (more likely) end up analyzing the game on TV next year.

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gm 4 hire June 03, 2008
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Good luck and thx Flip! Time for much needed change in detroit. Tell what yall think of what should happen in detroit. First off big up to the pistons and thx for thr the found memories... Now that the tears are dried up first thing first start makking trades while your player still have value. Send prince to the blazers for there #12 pick in the draft this will give the blazers the small they need plus we will finally get to see Amir johnson and maxiel play side by side: Trade Sheed and the 2 round pick to the 76ers for Dalembert: Send Billups home to denver for Nene:and finally send my boy Rip to a contender maybe the houston rockets for aaron brooks and shane battier.. Far fetched but hey that how you rebuild. Starting five in 08 Stuckey,affalo,johnson maxiel and Dalembert. The pistons have been together for so long you just cant trade one without trading them all...
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a guest June 04, 2008
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have u gone mad?????
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a guest June 04, 2008
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I don't understand firing Flip. The only person that should've been let go is Rasheed. His attitude sucks and his game is hurting the team. He's the one who should go, not Flip or anyone else.
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a guest June 04, 2008
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lol wat a gai decision. The team just wasn't gud enough to beat the Heat, Cavs, and Celtics. The guy who fired him should be fired.PS Noone wants the Pistons to be in the finals anyways, so Flip did the world a favour.
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Common Sense 2003 June 04, 2008
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GM for hire, you should be fired for life, those are the dumbest deals ever
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D-WADE-03 June 05, 2008
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hey gm 4 hire! wtf are you saying? ur gna trade tayshaun prince 4 a freaking lottery pick?! DAT SUCKS!! plus ur gna trade rasheed and a 2nd round pick?! crazy! if ur gna trade sheed myt as well make it sheed for dalembert and young and a 2nd round pick...plus ur gna send mr. big shot for a brazilian player?! stupid! billups is in d top 10 PGS...freak! u call urself a GM 4 HIRE?! PLUS TRADING RIP 4 TWO ROOKS? damn! u shud trade rip and tayshaun for chris bosh den trade sheed for dalembert and young..
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