So tired of hearing about “tanking” and “develop so and so”

This shit is overcooked man. We have to accept it is time to nuke it all and start again and that includes new management because Troy is not helping at all. He want’s to build a roster in his vision, and his vision is skewed. Troy’s plan is not and will not work.

Don’t let games where they show a little competitiveness fool you. Even the worse teams in the record holder (76’ers) and the Bobcats still were competitive in games.

This team is really that bad. There is no fight, no heart, nothing. I think most of them would probably do better elsewhere, but them as a team does not gel.

I really think this is the year the Pistons take the reins of the worst record of all time and our FO will stay quiet mostly. Troy will release a statement in a few weeks saying, “It’s hard, rebuilds take time, we are frustrated too” and so on. He will make a meaningless trade before the deadline, then the lottery drawing is here where we get shafted again, free agency rolls around, and we do nothing again. This upper management from the ownership to the GM really think they have the future of the NBA on on the roster and they will not budge from that. I think we are sadly stuck with a bad owner who just does not care and wants the team to resemble what he thinks a good team is, just like WCF did with the Lions for decades. We are screwed for a long time and sadly that is a reality we are going to have to accept.

Sheila is a bit different. She was exposed to the Lions for most of her life, Michigan Native, etc. I understand Gores is from here also, but he is a Cali boy at heart. He loves his Beverly Hills life.

The thing with Sheila is, she is actually connected to the community. She listens, she observes, she takes criticism and says, “how can i fix this”. Deep down she loves her team, her state, her city, the people, etc. She had to sit idle for decades while her dad let this franchise get embarrassed over and over and i bet it killed her. Martha was not any better when she took over, but Martha was smart enough to let it go.

Tom does not give a shit about the state, the fans, the city, nothing. He wants a sports team that he can play real life 2K with and rake in his revenue.

One of the worst things you can have is a bad owner. Outside of an egregious moral cause, there is nothing the fans, or the NBA can do about it. Tom is free to run his team however he wants, and we cannot do diddly shit about it.

Unless you want to really get cringy, our legit option is to protest the team online, stop buying tickets, nag the local stations to get the story out. Cringy option, but probably the only one.

Look at the bright side though. Within the next 2-3 weeks, Troy will release a statement about progress, patience, etc. the trade deadline will come, he grabs like 2 more useless contracts or a big, we continue to suck then rinse and repeat in the offseason.

Troy right now:

Man I’m a fucking roster genius

Perfect. You had me at “Costly and in decline”

-Troy

Ater all the BS of Monty calling out the team, then the team showing Monty heart by “diving for the ball once in practice”, i think we squeak out a win based on energy, then start another 10 game losing streak.

Your mistake is calling it a tank. A tank would be something on purpose. We have just have a really bad Owner/Management system

huh? we won 17 games last year without cade, and nothing else changed besides adding dumpy ass contracts, and we are worse than last year with Cade healthy. We are competing to have the worst NBA record of all time. Please send us whatever you are smoking.

Killian is out sitting on Troys lap

It’s like William Clay Ford SR. came back from the dead and took over the Pistons. This ownership under Gores is very Ford Family-Esque.

That means we only have to deal with it for 30ish more years until one of his kids with a brain finally says enough.

iron wall like defense of the wallaces/billups/hamilton/PRINCE teams. Living in the past is its own kinda pain but man this hurts as a fan way worse.

Man, what a good time it was for Pistons fans with those guys. Due to age, i was alive during the bad boys, but i don’t really remember any of it. I caught on to Detroit Basketball around 1999 and it was iffy at that time. Then Dumars & Rick Carlisle came in, righted the ship. I got to see the early shine of Ben Wallace, Last days of Jerry Stackhouse in Detroit (we got Ripin a trade), had Jon Barry chuckin 3’s from deep when all of today’s snipers were in diapers. Things looked good. Then that 2002-2003 season came and we took off and became one of the best teams in the early 2000’s.

Then just like that, poof. all gone

I hate to say it, but it’s probably time to clean house again.

Keep the core which i believe should be Cade, Duren & Ausar. I know Ivey is strong favorite here, but he is the only one we can offer that can net a decent return right now unless we offer Cade. I would actually be ok with Ivey over Cade.

Outside of those 3 core players, tear this shit down and start again. That means letting Troy go also.

I’m pulling for my cat bros, but I will not sacrifice Ben.

I literally thought the same thing yesterday and was going through my mind of all the places that needs an NBA team.

I mean when you literally think you hit rock bottom, it gets worse.

Cat bro here (Lions).
Man i really feel this pain you are experiencing. Pulling for you bros

It’s literally 30 minutes before a normal kickoff time

Focus on one game at a time

There are literally posts asking about resting players for the playoffs at this point so yeah, let’s lay off the koolaid for a few weeks.

I wonder what Chark is up to these days

I was so mad that after the Bears scored the FG to go up 26-14 i just walked outside and started checking light bulbs outside for literally no reason. I was FUMING. I came back in, looked at the TV again and vibe was different before starting the comeback and i just sat down and watched. Once Dmo hit that tuddy i was SCREAMING. When hutch got the safety, my wife and i were screaming to where the dog panicked and hid for 2 hours