JNewton wrote:Snakebites wrote:Udoka did more than just a consensual relationship, but this is still far worse than what he did. It won’t get the same headlines because he’s an assistant who most fans won’t know of.
Really bad that it took this long to fire the guy- we don’t know all the details but it sure looks like they tried to sweep this under the rug. Seems like we’ve got enough recent examples in the NBA that show this is a bad idea, but I guess we don’t know how many things actually do get successfully swept.
Shame really. Glad he’s gone now but this is all quite disappointing.
The Detroit News story on this says the Pistons' investigation into the matter had concluded in December, but they didn't take any action against Murphy until the lawsuit was filed. Like you say, he's probably not a big enough name for this story to get more traction, but I wonder how the league will feel about this. I doubt it would get the point where the league takes action against Gores, but I kinda wouldn't mind that - the Pistons have been an absolute **** since he bought the team, even if he seems to have gotten the point on the need to rebuild in the last few years.
One bad apple doesn't spoil the whole barrel. And hiring bad GM's and/or coaches who make poor decisions isn't a crime. Like anything else, some organizations are going to be good at it and some won't be. That's the nature of business. There's no way the league would take any action against the team.