Casey agrees to 5 year contract

The Moose · Post #1 » by **The Moose** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:19 pm

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Why did we give him a 5 year contract

The Penguin · Post #2 » by **The Penguin** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:26 pm

More like "Casey agrees to a 3 year deal with a big fat bonus at the end".

DCintheD · Post #3 » by **DCintheD** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:26 pm

The Moose wrote:

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Why did we give him a 5 year contract

because we're Tom Gores' Pistons.

Canadafan · Post #4 » by **Canadafan** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:28 pm

coordinator0 · Post #5 » by **coordinator0** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:35 pm

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23761429/dwane-casey-agrees-5-year-deal-detroit-pistons-new-coach

The Pistons stayed aggressive in pursuit of Casey, and closed on a deal Monday morning to land the franchise's primary coaching target. Owner Tom Gores and senior advisor Ed Stefanski sold Casey with an aggressive contractual commitment and a case that together, they could make the Pistons a perennial playoff team in the Eastern Conference.

The Pistons are committed to building the roster around All-Star forward Blake Griffin, who they acquired in a February trade from the LA Clippers.

Welp. Here we are.

Post #6 » by **Alfred** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:36 pm

He's a good coach and a really good person. A great motivator, always seems to have control over the locker room and pretty good at everything else. He helped the Raptors rebuild, grow talent and turned us into a 50+ win team, he just couldn't get us over the hump.

pollack419 · Post #7 » by **pollack419** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:38 pm

Welcome to Detroit Casey!!! I like it a lot!

coordinator0 · Post #8 » by **coordinator0** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:47 pm

Read on Twitter

Kobe>Jordan>God · Post #9 » by **Kobe>Jordan>God** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:48 pm

Now that Casey's been hired, do Pistons fans think Luke Kennard will start next year?
Asking for fantasy basketball reasons...

ComboGuardCity · Post #10 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:49 pm

Wow he got SVG’s contract without the president responsibilities. I’m cautiously optimistic. He was my second choice. Interesting they said building around Blake and not Drummond

ComboGuardCity · Post #11 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:56 pm

Also everyone focused on Nick Nurse orchestrating the offense. Guess who orchestrated that Mavs defense that shut down the Heatles. Drummond is going to be a defensive force under this guy.

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The Moose · Post #12 » by **The Moose** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:58 pm

Kobe>Jordan>God wrote:Now that Casey's been hired, do Pistons fans think Luke Kennard will start next year?
Asking for fantasy basketball reasons...

It's possible.
Hard to know really

Lockdown · Post #13 » by **Lockdown** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:04 pm

Congrats Detroit, the guy lasted as long as he did in Toronto because he was widely respected and the players always showed up for him. He’s a classy guy with an amazing life story, from growing up in the South during the civil rights era to coaching in Japan to here.

I hope he has the same success in building up the program there that he did in Toronto. The playoff losses were frustrating, but there’s no questioning he’s the best coach we ever had.

The Moose · Post #14 » by **The Moose** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:09 pm

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Wonder who he had in mind. Probably some from the raptors

LaSheed · Post #15 » by **LaSheed** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:21 pm

With the roster we have its the right hire. Obviously we werent gonna tear it down and rebuild.

Im actually okay with it.

Post #16 » by **Snakebites** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:24 pm

It’s the best hire for the direction we’re on.

A direction I fundamentally disagree with in every fiber of my being.

DETermination · Post #17 » by **DETermination** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:24 pm

I hope Casey does great as our next coach and hope we can turn into a real team now but I won't get too excited about the hire like I did with SVG. The one thing I like about this is Casey is much better at getting players to play hard for him, a lot of times it felt like our guys just stopped trying for SVG.

DOBSON10 · Post #18 » by **DOBSON10** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:28 pm

4 Years from now, when this team hasn't advanced past the 2nd Round, we'll look back on this and say "Why didn't we rebuild". Building a team around an aging, injury prone player that was overrated at his peak, Griffin, is a plan that's predestined to fail.

vege · Post #19 » by **vege** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:29 pm

Nice, I'm happy. Can't wait to read philly wannabe fans whinning, should be interesting

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whitehops · Post #20 » by **whitehops** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:32 pm

i'm glad we hired him. obviously he isn't without flaws but he was able to turn a raps team around that was like the pistons have been (consistently on the brink of playoffs or worse) into a competitive team year in and year out. we aren't going to turn into a contender overnight but that was never the case. best to build a winning program step by step and casey proved he can coach a team through some of those steps.

given the news that management is sticking behind him and that a lot of the guys were hand-picked by SVG for his system it will be very interesting to see who gets moved. the raps were super PnR-heavy which is good for jackson (and potentially drummond) but i wouldn't be surprised if either of them got moved.

the team could look drastically different in the near future.