well, it's now official

good luck, larry brown, i think i'll miss the 2 years you decided to play as the pistons' coach... those were some good times of your team defying the odds against the rest of the league...

in my eyes, larry brown is currently the best bball coach in the league, and it got accentuated when he was the leader of the pistons, a team many thought would die when they faced against the laker foursome... a team many thought would die to the combo of shaq and dwade... a team w/no superstar...

this decision to let him go was based basically off of his health... i mean, if they knew larry brown could coach all season, they'd probably let him stay... i'm kinda sad that they couldn't let him stay, but then think about it from the organization's standpoint... if they have a terrific regular season, but then brown's health fails him and they have gary heard to coach them during the playoffs, think they're going anywhere? it's like going 90% strong, but then failing at the 10% where it matters the most.

this reminds me so much of lakers when they lost to the pistons, then had to decide whether to choose kobe or shaq; they chose IMO, the player which would last longer than the player who was simply better.

but we'll have to wait til regular season pops around to see how the pistons cope; hopefully flip's still good enough to coach the pistons all the way back to the finals...

i mean...

the person they're letting go is ONLY larry play the right way brown, right?!?!? :D

right?!?!?