Some Pistons Protest Coach

[Golden Taters]

I don't blame Rip Hamilton at all, he has been treated like shit through this whole ordeal. Kuester needs to go.

[JeremyHight]

Rip isn't to blame in this mess, I think he is one of the few people who actually cares about trying to make this team better. He knows that Dumars has fucked this team over again and again. He took the team with arguably the best chemistry and destroyed it with bad coaching moves and horrible trades/signings. I get that we had to lose Ben Wallace, Chicago vastly overpaid for him by tens of millions of dollars. I don't get why we had horrible depth after the championship run and why we started getting rid of our best players.

Once this team gets rid of Joe, we'll be back on the right track, imo.

[jeffx]

This whole situation would have been avoided if we never would have traded Billups, God do I miss that dude. I still remember that day I came home and heard we traded him for AI, I thought it was a joke. It's sad to see what this team has become and Dumars is becoming like a less scary Al Davis. Oh well, there's always 2k to drown my sorrows.

Sidenizzle - Kuester is a bitch. That is all.

I'm glad we have Chauncey here in NYC. My respect for his game(and leadership) has gone up 100% after last night.

[Kuzzy Powers]

Apparently Rip and Kuester have squashed the beef. Hope so.. its a shame Rip is being done dirty and not getting ANY kind of run.

Rip Hamilton recently had a long talk with coach John Kuester, and said their relationship has improved. He also said there was no "player protest" last Friday.
Rip "went home Friday during shootaround" and called at the last minute, but took responsibility for the poor decision. He playfully bumped fists with Kuester after Monday's practice, so apparently they've moved past the drama, but his role in the rotation is still a question mark.