Darko Get's high praise from Flip

Now...I think now Larry is a self-centered arse as he was before and will always be.
Now...I think now Larry is the topic of way too many discussions.
Now...I think now I am going to accept what you are saying as a possibility and give Jay the benefit of the doubt on this one.

Fair enough. We're cool

That warm fuzzy feeling...

Group hug!


We may have our differences from time to time. But in the end... at least we aren't Clippers fans!

Let's get this back on track

An actual good article in the Freep today.

http://www.freep.com/sports/pistons/pistons8e_20051008.htm

Excerpts:

Right on topic

In a thread about his current coach praising Darko, comments about the former coach and his relationship with Darko is right on topic. The contrast is amazing. Wonder if this particular mod is just trying to inflict his own opinion on the matter.

Larry Brown flat out hated Darko. Flip seems to like him a ton. Flip, according to Dumars, is not being told to play Darko. But Flip plans to play him. A lot. No way Darko all the sudden is ready to play a lot. The whole thing about Brown saying Darko was not ready to play at the end of last season, the end of two seasons for Darko in the NBA, was a crock. Thats the whole point of this thread.

Lee

A comment to compare Darko's present relationship with his new coach to his former relationship with his old coach is one thing. To belabor the point in every thread that mentions Darko is repetitive and boring, even to most people who do not like Brown and even may agree with you. That is what "the particular moderator" was saying and well within his discretion, I would think.

This article was about what Darko did that day and about the promise his future may hold. I personally hope that if this young man flourishes we do not spend the entire year in "I told you so's" that switch the original topic to a topic we have gone over time and time again.

I too was one of the people who thought Darko should have been given a chance and I am very glad, if not excited to see his encouraging performance. Things are certainly looking much better, but we still haven't seen what he is going to do and will not know until the season is in full swing. Why not keep on focus and talk about that?

I still believe Darko was not ready to play at the end of the year. How could he be ready physically or mentally after sitting on the bench for two full years? Directly attributing his lack of readiness to Brown is one thing, but saying that he could just walk in and take over in the playoffs is quite another.

Personally, I was looking forward to enjoying what I increasingly believe will be a productive season for Darko (whatever "productive" means in this case). I don't want to think about Larry Brown every time that kid walks on the court. Oh, but when the Pistons do play the Knicks I would love to see Darko show Brown how wrong he was!! A part of me would relish the sight of Darko (the human victory cigar) help the Pistons win a championship and light up a Larry Brown shaped cigar afterward and smoke it on National T.V. But it ain't gonna happen, because I believe, Darko at that moment would be enjoying his success and not dwelling in the past or thinking of past coaches who did not believe in him.

I personally don't like reading posts that say "Flip sees great potential in Darko... Larry never did. Darko scored 12 points..he never did that under Larry. Darko played 15 minutes, but Larry would have wasted him away on the bench." so on and so forth. The two are not joined at the hip. We don't need to mention Larry Brown in every sentence that we mention Darko.

At any rate, by responding to Larry comments I am merely contributing to getting the thread off topic so I will be done with it...for now.