I’m just asking if/when Troy should be on the hot seat for Detroit’s record. Yes, they are in a rebuild. Yes, they were terrible in Blake’s last years. Yes, work needed to be done to the roster. Yes, Detroit has some young talent. I’m not arguing any of that. What I’m arguing is that A) Detroit I think has the worst record in the last 4 years https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/worst-nba-records-last-4-years (not sure if there’s a better web site for this), B) they were dead last last year, C) they are in last so far this year. I can understand their terrible record in say 2018-2020, those years were a tire-fire, but have the Pistons turned a corner, or should they have by now?

Are people generally happy with the job he has done? Are the Pistons headed in the right direction or do they need to do another rebuild after this rebuild? Are people happy with the roster Troy’s built up after 4 years?

  • yeropinionmanBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If I were Tom Gores, I would think about it this way. Weaver has laid out a coherent strategy and pursued it pretty well. Some good and bad luck, some good and a few questionable moves. But he’s done a good job building our talent pool. We had a bad record because we were trying to get good draft picks.

    However, Gores might still fire Weaver after this season as a sacrifice to the angry mob. The fans don’t like to hear it anymore about “not skipping steps,” they want results. So you buy time by firing people. We already played the “fire the coach”. If the development is too slow, you fire Weaver after this season, but you still got the benefit of the strategy: Cade, Duren, Ausar, Ivey, and a clean cap sheet.

    So Weaver is not on my hot seat but he is on “the” hot seat, in terms of likely to be fired if our record is bad.

    • SlippinjimmyforeverBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Anything involving Gores has a fair amount of unpredictable volatility. He fired Mo Cheeks when a team starting Josh Smith, Greg Monroe and Drummond had a .500 record.

    • NerouinBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      However, Gores might still fire Weaver after this season as a sacrifice to the angry mob.

      I don’t think Gores could care less about what the fandom thinks. He’s always gone his own way. And why should he? His team is run by professionals and he’s making a boatload of money anyway.

      I’d argue that it’s bad practice for any owner to answer to the “angry mob.”