Article: “Monty Williams’ failure in Detroit was predestined. Pistons ownership chose not to see it”
So Gores made a final run at Williams, who had gotten favorable news about his wife’s condition, and offered him a financial package that shook the league’s foundation. He got his man but not the results he desired. Williams initially told the team he was not interested in coaching, then he spent much of the season acting like it.
Will Gores get out of the way this time, after hiring Trajan Langdon as president of basketball operations and eating some $65 million still owed to Williams?
I’m always suspicious of owners who seem to crave the spotlight. Their egos often outpace their acumen when it comes to building a championship team. If Gores thinks it’s a flex that he’s able to eat $65 million for a departed coach, he’s wrong. It’s an embarrassment that he ever put himself in this position. It’s also confirmation that, generally speaking, owners are best seen and not heard from.
by lopea182
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He’s not interested in coaching, so he decides to burn the city and break the losing record
I really don’t understand the culture of firing coaches every season. Why is it always the coach’s fault? If Monty was coaching literally any team in the playoffs this year, would that playoff team’s results in the post season be much different than what they already were? I highly doubt it. A good coach is great to have, but a lot of times, teams fail because of the players and because the team is poorly constructed.
Doubt he cares though. This was a historic heist. Being an ex-NBA coach has to be the best job in the entire world.
I have a feeling Pistons beat reporters have been waiting to air out a lot of negative stuff about Monty Williams. I mean we usually see this stuff when a coach is fired but he had to have been especially indifferent to be fired this soon and with this much money on the contract.
“I’m not interested.”
“Here’s 78 million dollars.”
“I’m interested, but not in coaching.”
This was a Chandler Parsons-esque heist. I respect it.
Keep getting dem cheques, Monty!
Dudes wife has cancer, and they threw the bag at him and offered treatment for her. Basically forced him into this situation. Then they give him the worst roster in the league. Nobody else could have done that much better than him
I’m not interested in coaching the Pistons either, but for $78 mill I’d show up and pencil Killian Hayes in the lineup for a year or so.
Some of the story feels missing. The money was clearly enough to offset the interest in the job interview.
His wife had fucking cancer…..wtf. If you think his head was anywhere but with her, you’re just a POS who shouldn’t have hired the man.🤷🏾♂️
We should all aspire to secure a bag from an idiot billionaire like our hero Monty. Good for him. Good for him
Monty seems like a good dude, and much sympathy for the tragedy his family has endured
……but just based on his coaching alone, he ain’t it
But he and Udonis Haslem deserve to go in the HOF of “Getting Them Checks”
W Monty
I’m surprised him and Ayton didn’t get along in Phoenix. They seem like two pees in a pod!
Way too much talent – including a former #1 pick – to be scrapping at the bottom….AND not even get the #1 pick this year
When someone tells you who they are, believe them
He did warn them essentially. Can’t blame Monty.
I don’t know enough about this but seems hard to be upset with Monty from an outside perspective. If you say you aren’t interested but then someone literally backs up the brinks truck who isn’t gonna say yes to the money but also still be uninterested in the job
I haven’t seen the story but I’m interested in why Tom Gores was so mesmerized with Monty in the first place
Monty sucked, but we’ve known this for awhile. He turned down the Pistons, and then they just threw more money at him
A lot of the fault is on the Pistons org for that. Maybe you shouldn’t have went after the guy who explicitly said he didn’t want the job
That’s exactly what Nate McMillan did in Atlanta lmao
This sub hates Booker and CP3, but give them some respect for making it to the finals with this clown
Should be fired for cause.
I hate this garbage ass “franchise”
Do you guys have any idea how much coke you have to do to try to hire a guy who literally doesn’t want to work for you and repeatedly turns you down lol
The definition of “you can’t *just* throw money at a problem in sports and think that will make it go away”
But hey… maybe these are the first times he’s learning that lesson in his life, lol
Legend. No one wants to work. Fuck working Fuck capitalism can we please evolve to the next step.
The media be quick to blame players for coaches getting fired but be quiet on this. SAS was happy Monty was fired because the Pistons are a bad team. He should be trashing Monty for being a lousy coach.
Reminder that Tom Gores made a ton of money by charging prisoners exorbitant rates for phone calls. Scumbag.
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2021/02/04/tom-gores-detroit-pistons-securus-prison-phone-calls/4139871001/