“The Detroit Pistons have agreed to terms with Cavaliers assistant coach John Kuester to be their new head coach, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told SI.com.”
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I’m gonna take my shirt off.
who is this guy? is he offensive or defensive minded?
WOW should have gone with bill
Hes offensive. The only good news is that he Knows Rip, Tay, and DUMNars. And he was assisant to Larry Brown when he was with the Pistons.
I’m going to give Kuester a shot. We’ll see how the summer league and preseason will go. We will also see during the preseason if Dumars made the right choice with Ben Gordon and CHalie V. If he did great. If not; its time to get rid of Dumars.
Why?
PERFECT.. more offense thats just what we need!! I thought defense wins championships. WTF!!
Who cares if he was assistant to LB, that doesn’t mean anything. I am so annoyed right now
Dumn? You probably meant “dumb.” Fitting, huh?
I’m having a party.
I’m not knocking Kuester, I’ll give him a chance. However, he is an offensive minded coach from Cleveland. When I think of Cleveland, I don’t exactly think of stellar offensive basketball. It’s kind of like hiring the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator to be your head coach. Ugh
It’s not defense or offense that wins champs, it’s teamwork. Give the guy a chance, he knows what he is doing. Offensive or defensive minded, he can do it.
lmao. We fire a coach because he doesn’t have enough experience, and replace him with a guy who has even less experience!?!?!? What a joke. The Pistons are turning in to an absolute joke.
HAHA. Good one.
HAHA! Good one.
All of you are a bunch of whining kids, pompous assholes. Just accept the fact we are rebuilding and Joe is doing the best he can ungrateful sons of bitches you all are
actually he has way more experience then curry, but still, that’s not saying much haha
Terrible. Just absolutely Terrible!
I’m with you, people need to chill out. I think Joe has actually done a very nice job of rebuilding this offseason.
Tell me abou it..we might have to be on suicide watch until the season starts..until we get a couple wins in a row that is..We haven’t even lost our first game yet, my goodness..haha
The only possible reason to not get Laimbeer was because he had never coached in the nba, but this makes no sense. I don’t really know anything about Kuester so I could be wrong, but I think Laimbeer would have been a great coach.
Joe said it himself, why waste money on a top of the line coach right now when we are rebuidling this team. Same goes for tickets I would think
What a joke. I know this guy has been an assistant coach forever, but he still has never had a head coaching job. Seems like a horrible move to me. Ever stop and think that he’s been a assistant forever for a reason. He’s been passed over for head coaching jobs for like 20 years. I hated Curry, but why fire him, pay him $5 mil, and then hire another guy with no head coaching experience.
Should have given Laimbeer a shot if he wanted it. Who knows, maybe Joe offered it and he said no. I find that hard to believe though.
Bottom line, if you’re going to take a chance on someone why not take a chance on someone who most people from Detroit love and will stand behind. Plus he wouldn’t have taken any sh%t from anyone. Unlike Curry who just rolled over and died at the first sign of conflict.
I’m very annoyed right now. What the h*ll is Joe doing?
You guys give lambieer way too much credit.He dominated in the WNBA not the NBA.Second off you all think hes gonna be something great cause he played for the pistons and coached are WNBA team the shock. I know Kuestar has never been an NBA head coach but he is definitly more experinced than Lambieer. So let Lambieer go be an assistant coach for a couple of years, so if this doesn’t work out then we can try Lambieer
come on people..take some chillpills..let this guy do his thing..he dsnt have a track record of him being the coach..but he did this..
He was in charge of Cleveland’s offense, which ranked among the league’s top 10 in field goal percentage (sixth), 3-point field goal percentage (second) and fewest turnovers per game (sixth).
stop whining..atleast our rebuilding is stil exciting in terms of we fight every game..not like the bobcats, grizzlies, etc etc..rebuilding forever.
I’m trusting Joe.
I’m glad it’s not Avery Johnson. Come on, he was just fired from a coaching job, and now he expects people to wipe his but with silk, 4 year contracts.
Besides, johnson’s voice is a little weird, kinda like a scholarly Kermit the Frog.
No he doesn’t. He has never been a head coach. Not for even one game.
word.
i’m intrigued that you decided to follow up… “The only possible reason to not get Laimbeer was because he had never coached in the nba, but this makes no sense.”
with… “I don’t really know anything about Kuester.”
nice. haha
yes! i am with you!
Kuester is actually very-well respected in D-town.
Chuck Daly was an assistant coach forever when the Pistons hired him…
As long as Will Bynum gets more minutes than Stuckey, I’ll be happy
yup all ya chill out…let the dude run his game..every coach is an assistant at first somehow…its stil up to him if he does good or not…mike dunleavys been coachin for ages…would u rather have that dude?
He was in charge of Cleveland’s offense, which ranked among the league’s top 10 in field goal percentage (sixth), 3-point field goal percentage (second) and fewest turnovers per game (sixth).
but he has been an assistant coach for many years, unlike Curry who was only an assistant for one year before he was hired
i do agree with that
i agree I didn’t agree with the FA signings but since we did do that i think this coach is better fitted till we get a real team together.
All in all I think it’s the right coach for what we have. I would love to see Lambier and maybe another experienced person as assistant coaches as well
http://www.freep.com/article/20090707/SPORTS03/90707066/1051/Report++Spurs+become+leader+to+sign+Antonio+McDyess
wouldn’t it be weird if Dyess signs and wins the championship with the team that robbed him of his ice 4 years ago?
and with this new coach Sheed and Chauncey gone Joe Dumars better let McDyess go. I swear if Joe signs him and costs Dyess his last shot at a ring i am going to be mad
college totally different..remember pitino? i mean it could go either way…anyways only coach i ever respected was larry brown..knowing phil jackson , pat reily all had superstars…and of course chuck daily..
look at rivers, who says hes a good coach cus they won? he wasnt doin nothing when he ddnt have garnett or pierce..so just chil out n wait…
This guy looks like the dark sith in star wars
The Pistons on Tuesday passed on hiring Avery Johnson as their next head coach. Instead, Pistons president Joe Dumars is likely to hire an experienced, high-profile assistant coach just like he did in 2001 when he gave Rick Carlisle his first head coaching job. Where we are as a team right now is where we were at the start of Rick Carlisle’s era here,” Dumars said. “We are in the same sort of transition mode. A $4 million to $5 million coach is not what we need right
now.” Do you see whate Joe D. is saying here? Buy those season tickets Today! Wait until 2012
when we can compete again? I can’t beleive he said that.
Yeah….except he always disagreed with Larry – the one man to make Detroit win.
It’s defense AND teamwork.
I agree……
Lol, don’t worry I’m confident we can win 2 games!!!!!!!
something what a man shouldn’t have, lol
at least we gonna pick second in the draft next year. lets just hope they wont take any “darko” again
I’m all for saving money….but Joe’s cheap ass is the reason Detroit blows. It all started with him not wanting to pay more for Larry, then Ben…the complete collapse of the Pistons. Now, John over Avery…..Avery would have been better for this interesting team he has put together. Maybe D can win another ship is about 20 years, that’s about how long it takes huh?
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